The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-03

having SNHtfod othci Ahiiho - S----s
greater. as they lasted longer, ne sucSeeueu
IN giving the New World and us Iiones "
Spain a. ne put 1t as motto IN nus nl.nS,
saying "A Castillo, v a Leon NueNo niunIo
dis Colon" Whoever wishes 70 SEQ 80
great deeds of this man lev mn .''e th"t
Ia Historic General do las inu'"s bs
Francisco Lopez de Gonara wrote, huu "a
Will find them, though very much shortened
coIoNs GREATEST PRAISE.
But that which most comments AUG ese-
Yates Colon is the work OF discovery anu . ~.
e,,e.t itself 1 wished 20 add this niue tha'
was lackinr ia the account OF that ola n.S'oT
riau who As he wrote far from WbeIe sn"'0
things took place and the story was .O'u p ~
by goers and corners. received q Iue a. a.
rather a meagTe account OF tbe AH'.a -,
scribed. i heard them IN my native iano
from my father and bis contemporaries. IN
those fines the principal and ordinary topic
~ their talk WAS 10 repeat the most hVteoio
aod heroic deeds that had occurred III tneA
conoussts. they related what we nave sP,Aen
of already. aud what We Will mebuOn M
on and "A the thihss happened 10 tue Hiss
d.scoverere and coDonerOrs OF the New MoFlu
they gave the whole story OF these happe
The Verv Reverend Padre Joseph de Ac0slh
touches also on his discovery ~ tue nc"
World regrottiDg that ne cOuiu nO' slte 80
entire His Reverence failed III tnls p"i' , ~
the story. rs IN others more modern oeeause
the old conquerOrs bad passed When Dc "eno
10 those parts rs he says. Having SHOWN
that il was without foundation TO THINK tiaV
the first dwellers in the midas nad come -
them by searching for them IT follows thal "
they came by sea It was Dy chouc9,
and IL by the force OF storms
they reached the midas. notwithstand 'ng tne
immensely OF the ocean it Is not an incredi-
bic thing. because II thus happened IN the
discovery OF our time, when that mariner
whose name | still do not know that an aHair
l.. ID raff~ hint tad "a tlU
other author than Cod, having by terrible
and opportuno gale seen the New World and
given as pay 20 CbristObal Colon for his klnd
treatment the notice Of 50 great thlng
This shows that.His Reverence found IN feru
not all Of our narrative, but the most essen-
tial part.
ORIGIN OF THE DISCOVERY.
Such was the origin Of the discovery Of the
New World. the grandeur Of whose results
may make the small village Of Huelva proud
of having given birth 70 one by whose certain
information ChrstObal Colon insisted IN MS
search promising things not seen nor heard.
guarding rs a prudent man the secret OF them;
Although under the pledge Of confidence be had
told the story 10 others near Their Catohiic Ma
iesties. who aided him 20 carry out isunder-
linking Had il not been for this notice
that Alfonso Sanchez de Hueiya gave
him. he could not have been able only
from his own Imagination as chartmaker,
assurance as he did. nor could he have carried
out 50 quickly the discovery. since according
10 AcOsta Colon spent only sixty-eight days
in the voyage 20 the island of GuaDatianlco,
with delay OF some days IN the island OF
Eomera 70 refresh. If he had not known by
the relation of Alfonso Sanchez what route
he had TO take in a sea 80 large, 1t would have
been almost q miracle 10 have gone there In
50 short "a time.
Irving says that Columbus was in Huelys
in 1886 pretending TO SEQ brother-in-aw.
who had married a sister of his deceased
wife II may have been to learn more of
Alfonso Sanchez who had died three or four
years before il his house IN the Island OF
GOmeTa.
RICHARD EDzN's STORY.
Richard Eden an English chronicler. says:
"A certeyne caruel saylynge in the Weste
ocean about the cOastes of Spayne had
forcybe and continual wynde from the Eest
whereby il was DRIVEN TO a land unknowen
and not descry bed in any mappe OF carde OF
the sea. and Cryven styl along by the coaste
of the same for the space of many dayes
vntyll Il came 70 "a haven. where IN short
TYNE the most parte of the maryners belnge
lOnge before verge weake ana feeble by rea-
son of hunger and trauayle, Dyed so that
only the pylot with tire or foure other re-
mayned alyue. And not only they that dyed
dvd not inlOy the Indies which the tyrst dis
covered 10 theyr mysfOrtune. but the resydue
also that lyued had IN maner as lyttle
fruition of the same, not leauynge or
at the least not openly publyshynge any
memore ther0f. neyther of the place. or
what il was cauled. or III what yeare IL
was fouude. Albeit the taute was not
theyrs bat rather the malice OF other or
the enuie Of that which wee caul fortune. j
do not therefore maruyle that the ancient
HISTORIES afhrme that great thynges proceade
and increase of smaul and obscure
begynnynges. syth wee have scene the same
verefyed and this fyndyng OF the Indies being
so notable and newe thYnge. Wee needle
not bee curious to seeke the name OF the
pylot, syth death made u, shorte
ende Of his doinges. Sum Will that he
came from Andaluzia and traded TO the Hands
of Canaria and the Ilande of MADEIRA, when
this large and mortal navigation CHANGED onto
hym other say that no Was Biscayne.
and traded into Eng ande and fraunce. Other
also. that be was Portugale, and that
eyther he wente OF came from Nina or
India, which agreeth well with the
name of these newe landes as 1 have
sayde before Agayne sum there bee that
say that he brought the caruel 20 Portugae
OF TO the Ilande of MADEIRA, or TO SUN other
of the Handles cauled dc los azores Yet doc
none of them afrme any thynge. although
thew all afirme that the pylotte dyed in the
house of Christopher Colon. with whom re-
mayned al such wrytynges and annotaclons
as be hadde made of his voyage III the sayd
GNruell, as wei Oh sutu Wy HEto 40 hp W.
served both by lande and sea, as also Of the
elevation OF pole in those laudes which lie
had discovered.
Christopher Colon WAS borne in Genoa, in
ltalic. He beganne of q chyldo 10 bee
maryner. Hetraded many years into Suria and
other parties OF the East. After this be be-
came a MASTER in makynge cardes Tor the
Sea. whereby he had great vantage. He came
to Portugale TO knOwe the reason and de-
scription of the South cOastes of Africa and
the navigations of the Portugales, thereby 70
make his cardes more perfecte 10 be solde.
Hemaryed in Portugale as sum say; or rs many
say ia the llande of MADEIRA. where he dwelt
at suche .yme as the sayde caruel arryyed
there. whose pyot suiorned (soIourned) in
his house, and dyed also there, bequethynge
10 Colon his carde of the description Of suche
newe landes as be had found. whereby Colon
had the fyrst knowledge OF the lndyes. Sum
have thought that Colon was well learned IN
the Latino lounge and the science of cosmO-
graphic, and that he was thereby fyrst moved
10 seeke the landes Of the AntipOdes aud the
rvche ilsnde Of Cipango. whereof Marcus
Paulus wryteth. Also, that he had redde what
Photo in his diologes OF Timeus and
Cricias, wryteth OF the create Hande
Atantide. and Of create lande in
the West Ocean undiscovered beinge
bigger then Asia and Africa. Furthermore
f6ot he had knowledge what AristOteu and