Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-12
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lishmcnt Of a Spanish settlement on
the coast Of what is now the Island
of Haiti.
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Columbus returned to Spain, arriv-
ing at Palos in March, 1893, having
loaded his ships with all manner of
products of the newly discovered
countries and he also took some Of
the natives He presented himself to
the monarchs at Barcelona, and an
imposing public demonstration took
place in his honor. Columbus proved
that he had found rich country. and
this fact alone was sufficient to place
his achievement as one of highest inn
portance, Spain was poor, having
been robbed, ages before, of its me
tallic wealth by the Romans rush
to the new regions was inevitable.
Such was the beginning of the new
world Many vicissitudes overlook
Columbus in his three subsequent voy-
ages and in his attempts at coloniz-
alton. Certainly he was not as able
an administrator as he was navigator.
Still, everything being considered the
novelty of the conditions, the class of
men he had to handle, and placing
over against this his accomplishments,
there is not much ground for criti-
Cism
Believed lie Had Found India Route.
To the day of his death he firmly
believed he had discovered a way to
the Far East to Asia and to the
Holy Land His theories were always
that the newly discovered islands were
Of Ati
and that further explorations would
lead him to the coast Of China Dur
ing his fourth and last voyage, while
cOasting Central America, he received
persistent reports of another ocean
the other side Of the isthmus For a
long while he refused to believe this,
but finally accepted it, firmly con-
WINGED that the ocean was the Indian
ocean, basing his condolences on "a
dream in which he had seen a strait
he supposed to be the Strait Of Ma
lacca.
After suffering many hardships, ev-
licences of unfriendlincss and out
right opposition on the part of the
new inhabitants of the lands he had
discovered and which had made him
immortal, a relief expedition was or
ganized and Columbus was returned
to Spain in 1904. He remained at
Seville until 1906 and died at Valla-
dolid in 1906.
A Man of Inspired Determination.
Columbus was unquestionably
man of genius. lie was a bold, skill
fun navigator, better equipped with
the principles of cosmography and as
tronomy than the average skipper Of
his time, man Of original ideas, fer
tile in his plans and persistent in car
rying them into execution. the i'm
preston he made on those with whom
he came in contact even in the days
Of his poverty from his lowly friends
to Queen Isabella herself, shows he
had great powers Of persuasion and
was possessed of personal magnetism.
His success in overcoming the obsta-
clcs to his expeditions and surmOunt-
ing the difficulties Of his voyages OK
hibit him as a man Of unusual re-
sources and Of unfIinching determin-
alton.
Columbus was also Of deeply re-
Iipious nature Whatever scientific
theories and the ambitions for fame
and wealth may have had over him,
In advocating his enterprise he never
failed to insist on the conversion of the
pagan peoples that he would discover,
as one of the primary objects OF his
undertaking. Even when clouds had
settled over his career, after his re-
turn as a prisoner from the lands ne
had discovered, he was ready 10 de-
vote all his possessions and the re-
naming years Of his life to set sail