The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-03

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this book expresses tho belief that wssnine
ton Irving showed good sense In accepting a.
decisive the statement OF the curste o
Los Palacios who says that Column
bus was born In or near i4Su AZ
to tho heated and fnterminabie dispute
regarding the mariners birthplace. this
IL pronounced settled by the Expressed oec'
iaration OF COLUMBUS himseh tnae ne was po.n
| In tho city OF denoa-a declaration maoo 10
February. l4ea In leeai instrument esao-
fishing the right OF succession TO MS es.steS
and emoluments In tie Indies. Ills indeed
admitted that the son was porn WINE tho
parents were dwelling sither atIernrossa.
hamiet some twenty miies iniaho. OF as0u'n.o.
coast village TOUR mics cast 0. denoa' put
What' ASKS the author' Is 10 hinoe1 our sup.
posing that the event might nave happeneo
when the mother was In tho CITY On some Or
RAND or VISIT
NOW LOT tne coat OF sfms grained 60 INC a's-
coverer py FERDINAND ana issoeha. OF. rn'hen
the legend OF motto, said 70 nave ooeh ln-
scriped on ": 10 cas'ne nno leon colum
pus gave new worie ismaue piath .ho.
tn's tlauition etumoies "haer tne toucn y.
h'storieai c''e,eism. Ahe Ao"iai eo"' u,
a'ms' nH hhai,y emo'aAoneu unuei h.s owh
inspecuon Ut seyiie IN iov<' Hua.'e,s 'n.
royal Castle anu L'on win MS own oeslSes VI
I'VE ahcnors IN" group Oh eoluen ls'anu nus
win p't Oh 'err" urn" upon olue sea' oue
there Is no "ot.o oi suy oor.. NO! 10
,here nn'th'hE OF ue Hinu Ten'lossu w
Tho first nllusion to such motto 10 by
Ovicdo In 1895. who gives 1t . somewhat dif-
fercnt turn: For CASTLE and Leon Columbus
found new world" But Mr.. F1ske has no
doubt that the other form IL the bettor. for
Ferdinand Columbus at some time not later
thnn l537 had adopted It, and 1t may be read
to-day upon MS TOMB IN the catnedral NJ sew
lille. Evidently Columbus himself knew MOTH
ing OF tho motto and the time.honored trndi-
ton has transferred TO tho father tho legend
adopted II not originally devised by his son. In
closing his reference to this subject the author
points out why what seems at hrst sight
mere question OF heraldry Is really matter OF
Importance Tor the historian. It's matter OF
Importance because 1t furnishes ono OF the
most striking among many illustrations OF the
Tact that at no time during the Mo OF Coium-
bus. nor Tor some years aNer MS oeaih' aid
anybody use the phrase New Worid with
conscious reference to his discovery. Atthe
time OF his death their true Significance mad
not yet begun to dawn upon the mind OF
Columbus. or upon that OF any voyager or OF
any writer. le was supposed that ne had found
new route to the indies by sailing west, and
that In the course OF this achievement ne had
discovered some new ISLANDS and Dit or DIS
OF Asiatic terra hrma OF moro or lcss oouottul
commercial vaiue'
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'es''oh was p'ea "i.nout Wora oi pro-
est. NOT even ITO" Fe.oinana Ioiumo us: the
'e.o'eo son VI Tue R,on' navigator ano NM
'e't an accomplished eeographe.' Mr. Fiske
nows 'haI no ownea copy Oh tue Oook OF
" o'oseoauieF e. tn"' ITO huo !! ZOE eighteen
cars ~ n.s possesSlon. anu 'na. no anno.atea
' WIN 'uIn.ss "uu saie. Never'ne.ess' relui-
'"nu oo'umUus msue no eonuen' upon inc
'1ssase IA wilcn 'he oieeo'epy Oh ne" worio
. . ,' :" '"Ipuclus' .he author OF TINS
,, f CONSUMERS MS si,ence aosoiutely de-
,eNe. ~ p,o'eD .m"t reruihaho Columbus
naeu "auSeenuAel opinion tnac tne
JUN arr noHn. Hunee"in1 very aMereh'
RON VIM we hiean wn.h We speak Oh america.
n ,' th"' whereas oniie'op"e. CoiumDus hao
iseo$eieu 'no eastern eoase Oh ASH, ASIA. Or IN
tner worus. q seetton ot cue ola world IL was
.esp.c ,,. tna. ,ne Iissovelyot new "orld
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