The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-01-05
COLUMBUS QUOTATIONS.

COLUMBUS QUOTATIONS.
| In 1899 Columbus wrote in his journal: II have
| navigated the during % years without note
worthy interruptions; have seen all the Levant
aud Potent; what is called the Northern Way
| that is England; and have sailed 10 Guinea
| Anna NJ. Bechdel.
| Perhaps some of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE read
| ers will attend the Worlds Fair at Chicago next
Summer and see three curious ships, an exact imi-
| tation of those which Christopher Columbus COM
| manded 400 years ago.-EIse Beckett.
Up TO the time of his death Columbus was not
| aware that he had opened the way to great con-
| tnent. did those about him know it. But 1t
| was his courage and faith and wisdom that carried
him across the Atlantic when others only dreamed
| of such thing. The men who came after him
| reaped the reward which he never gained.-Agnes
| NJ. Rowe.
On his return the people Of Spain took holiday,
| and spent days in rejoicing. Columbus was loaded
| with honors, and those who had sighted end
sneered at him before, now We'd with each other in
| showing him respect. new impetus was given
| to discovery, which not slackened until the
| New World was thoroughly known, and the right
| road to India made Snown.-Bertha Pinney.
-Four or five hundred years ago the food eaten
/ by the people was mostly unwhoesome and
| coarse, consequently spices were mixed with it,
These spices, with many other articles of traffic
were brought from Asia by caravans. Columbus
| thought that there could be easier method Of
| carrying on this commerce If chip could sail
| westward from Europe and reach these points AS
| he thought of this question he became fully con-
WINGED that the earth was round.-Avesta Hotten-
1 stein.
| All knet and kissed the ground and then Co
| session of the island in the name of Spain, and
| called it San Salvador. He had not discovered
what he expected, passage to India. but he had
done what white man had ever before done.
He had crossed the unknown Atlantic to TIE shores
| of world.-Ollie Morgan.
| The results of Columbus's voyage many;
| IL opened up the sea and gave new world for the
occupation OF Europeans. Out of all the toll and
WEAKNESS, the religious strife, and msrue,
| glorious country has arisen of which every loyal
American may feel proud. Though Coumbus's
| enjoyment and position were shortlived; though
| he died IN poverty and chains and endured the
misgraiitnde and jealousy of both friends and ene-
mics still il must be soothing to his departed spirit
| 10 know that after the lapse OF 400 years en-
| lighened and grateful people honorng his
name in the fair land thai his enterprsing and
| progressive brain discovered.-Lizze S. GalpIn
Columbus found the land discovered to be an
island and named 1t San Salvador. supposing he had
reached the islands off the eastern coast of India.
| Cuba. Hayti. and other islands discovered
and visited in the vain hope of securing Oriental
treasures. He sent a company into the interior of
| Cuba 10 famous chief surprising him to be the
! King OF Tartary. Al last. urged by his crew he
returned home. having taken possession of the
| country in the name of Ferdinand and Isabella.
| His reception his return was very fiatterng.
| The whole nation took a holiday and Columbus
| was hailed with shouts. The King and Queen
were dazzled by their new acquisition. And
| Columbus told them Of the beautiful land with its
beautiful birds, and above all the natives waiting
to be converted to the Christian faith, tbay fell
their knees and thanked God for such signal
| triumph.-Lueia c. Kehm.
Counbuss. opinions were strongly shaped by
reading the works Of Marco Polo and Cardinal
| DAILY, the former a Venetian traveller who spent
much time in the Orient, Japan, and China; of
| the latter lie read work called Image Mundi"
| an encyclopedias Of geographical knowledge In
the Columbian Library, at Seville, Is a copy of the
| book containing marginal aBnotatons Of Coluni-
bus.
Toscaneili, a geographer and astronomer Of
Florence, was much absoi bed in Marco Polo's
book. and his beliefs corroborated with those of
| Columbus-Anna NJ. Bechdel.
| When Columbus about IL years old Con-
etantinnple, the port between the Bosphorus and
| Black Sea which the Genoese had passed through
| on their way 10 the Indies, WAS captured by the
| Turks. These people would not allow the Genoese
sailors to pass though, 80 Venice had the trade
| with the Indies herself. Columbus's motive for
| making his first voyage WAS to find a new path to
the Indies, and so revive the commerce OF Genoa.
| He expected by going west to reach the Indies and
go in the front door instead of side door Portu-
guese and venetans did ; but ins. .ad of finding q
western passage TO the Indies. as he attempted to-
| he discovered new land. Spain expected
to get rich from this possession. but sorey dis
| appointed and IL was number OF years afterward
| before any discovered that n continent barred
| the way to the West Indies.-Hatte Francis.
SECOND PRIZE PAPER.
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa Italy
| In about i645. His father poor man who
combed wool for living He was the eldest of
four children. having two brothers end one sister,
When boy Columbus got very little schooling
but when he did go to school he WAS industri-
Gus that ne learned very fast. For short time he
was sent to the University of Pavia. where, besides
| the common studies, lac studied geometry. geogra-
ply, astronomy and navigation: but he did moi re-
main long ms he had to home to aid his father
| in his business In appearance Columbus was tall
and well formed. His complexion fair and
| frecked, cheekbones high. and hair of a light
| color which, AT about 90 turned pure white The
: When he was about IA years of age he made his
first voyage with relative by the name of Colom-
bo After that he soon owned a vessel for himself
| He had been trained for the sea ever since his
| early childhood, SO seafarng life became natural
| to him.
About I47o he went to Lisbon. He was at this
time in the full vgor Of his manhood. He attended
church regularly while At Lisbon, and there met q
lady and an attachment which grew between them
ended in marriage.
His bride was the daughter of An Italian navf-
gator. and they made sheir home with the brides
| mother whose husband had died short time be-
| Tore Colnmbus's m0ther-in-law. seeing the great
interest iie had In navigation. hunted up her late
husbands maps and charts, which were great
| help for him.
He made many expeditions along the coast Of
Guinea while at Lisbon. When on shore he sup
| ported his family and aged father by making maps
| and charts.
The people of Europe at about this time were
trying to carry on trade with Eastern countries be-
cause of tue costly shawls, spices and silks that
| were found there but the route long aud
| dangerous that II was almost impossible to carry
| on trade.
| The goods had to be carried across the country
| In caravans to the Red Sea, then cames to the
Nile, and lastly, by ship over the Mediterranean to
| Europe. The country through which they had 10
pass abounded in robbers. who would rob the cara
| vans of all their precious goods.
| All naytgators were puzziinR their heads how to
| find different route and Columbus among them.
| From much reading and thinking he embraced
the theory that the earth was round. therefore by
sailing west he would reach the East Indies. This
| idea was ridicuied by many men who were con-
sdered much wiser than he, for they said WHO 10
| SO foolish believe that there people the
| other side Of the earth walking with their heels
upward and their heads down. which they would
have 70 do IL the earth was round.p But Columbus
went steadfastly forward. paying no attention 10
these men. He determined to try this new
| men and provisions 80 he applied to his native
country utaly) for aid but met with no succeas.