New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-25

fac-simile extracts from the famous archives Of
the house OF Alba. From these archives, which
to Madrid by students of history. the Duchess ~
taken the most important. referring especially "a
Columbus and the early voyages to America. The
volume UNI IL beautifully printed and was feature
Among the original manuscripts which Mr. Cuttis
secured from the Duchess is the original capitu.
lati0n' of Columbus with the Spanish S0veEelaps
There are also the original drafts OF letters Of
Columbus relating 20 his claims and privileges.
rough drafts, with erasures and corrections, ali il
his handwriting: an sutogNphic statement b.
Columbus of gold brought by him from. Ameriss
and sold by him in CASTLE. and number Of drafts
in favor Of different persons for various sums u
money. ~
DOCUMENTS FROM THE VATICAN.
The historical documents and objects Of srI
loaned by the Holy Father are important and bean,
tiful They number altogether seventeen One of tho
most interesting is q letter from Pope Nicolas v.
dated Rome September 90 l44S, to the Inah
bishops Of Skahl0lt and H0ar, concerning the
condition Of the Church In Greenland. -
IT has long been asserted by certain Sssnd
contain evidence to prove the alleged voyages Of
the Norsemen to America in the tenth century, -
related in the Icelandic Sagas Indeed, some Years
ago q woman petitioned the Congress Of tho
United States to request His Holiness the Pope
TO cause an investigation to be made. No notice
was taken of the petition, but Mr.. Curtis when
IN Rome was assured by tine authorizes s1ia OF ne
records, however, do show that the, Scandinavian
colonies in Greenland were f,nder the supervision
Of the Church as early as the nes1pning g. the
v, dated September 20, l448 to the bishops Of
Ireland refers to such colonies. II informs them
that all the inhabitants and indigenous peoples
at the farthest Arctic confines OF the world, per-
tain to the Archbshopric Of Drontheim. Il fur:
ther states that for thirty, years the pirates o.
country, leaving in tic shelter Of the craggy
mountains only nine parish churches OF that Hour
ishing Christianity, founded six centuries before
in that region under the iloiy K,ne orsh wh,Ss
Alps The POpes letter also asserts that the bar
barians had carried away many captlves: OF whic9
few had returned to their hearths ;t a .S
were occupying themselves in repairing me
ruins of the churches. For this reason the rope
gives authority TO the Irish bishops as the nearest
to Groenandia to crlain priests and properly pro
vide the parishes with churches, and to eonscrat:
as bishop a suitable person, with the Agreements
or consent, If obtainable, Of the Metropolitan
As ;arLv as 1898 the Pope had been ca ns. upon
to settle the rivalros between Spain ana LO,,s,
TO sail west and the Portuguese to sail south.
When Columbus returned from his first voyage
the Spanish Soyeregns informed inc ontin a t%e
"ynIoratons In response to this request Pope
Alexander vi issued a bun, the original Of which
Mr. Curtis secured. which concedes 10 npaln tsfs
Same PRIVILEGES over the West Indies, discovered
and TO be discovered, were granted by the iiolS
See to the Kings of Portugal on the West Coast
Of Africa. properly. called lard OF Ililnea a..
There are several other bulls, all treating on tie
same subject Of the division OF the newly dl;,
covered countries. the most noted being the blll
OF Demarcation,' issued May 4, l49a. whtcn ge-
cjared the Spaniards entitled TO possess. "on con-
dition of planting the Catholic faith all lands
not already occupied by Christian powers w,s.
of a meridian one hundred Leagues west OF INC
Icla
Azores and Cape Vc cT,rts ss in the Vatican calee
tion each extremely interesting. Two OF these
were made by Diego RiicrO. cosmographer te
King ferdinand One ~ q Sonnnp IN b;stnrrv
on on account Of tho line traced across IL by Pope
Alexander VI II must hav" been begun IN IN
i9t and finished finished e Charles to aid him in
settling Ils 81 som" dicultas with the Portaqnese.
At one time this map was part OF thc very
able collection left to the HsGr Rorsia the last
~ ~ tho family. who died in 1880. The other
Ribero map. on velum bears an insc ,aIun.
stating that it 1s universal d map, M TO
I5o0 II is divided in two paris IN coni"rrni;;n .
with the terms of the compact petwsen Sp.tn
and PORTUGAL in 4s4 t 9s banners OF the two
rival countries In Peru the conquest nau ev,.
IDENTIFY gone as far as the province OF Hi"is
Norena mt the southern extremity or WINCH ap.
' wa'' NV an unknown hand, is probably or the
same same date a. the two Ribero maps. II shows
Man Of the City Of Mexico. and illumina'ra por-
traits of Alontczuma, Atahualpa ana rres'e'
Py direction Of the Pope number OF valu I he
mosacs wern added to the collection secured ~
Mr. Curtis They are beautiful specimens o. , az
ort which seems 10 have made NJ progress IN sne
LAST l,s zoo wears But they have no significance
as Americana" and therefore omit mta.I0n
ing them except in passing ana as an r'E Fathe,
toward the United States and its Government