The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-10-16

brary at Lima, Peru made an address before
the congress of Americanists in Hamburg. Ger
many, which stirred up a worldwide discus
sion among historical scholars. In that address
he declared that Christopher Columbus "dscov-
cred" America in 1477, that his voyage in 1892
was second voyage, that this same Columbus
was not the son of Genoese wool weaver, as
the world has come to believe him to have been,
but that he Cataonian cOrsair and there
fore native of Spain and not of Italy.
After eight months study among Spanish
archives in Madrid, where i found much hither-
to unknown, authentic and incOntrOvertible ma
terial, can definitely assert that Columbus paid
his first visit to the New world by way of Ire
land, Greenland Labrador and Newfoundland"
said Professor Ulloa. This was before Amer
ca's official discovery. indeed before he was in
contact with the Spanish king.
This Columbus, who later captained
Spanish ships to the West Indies for time,
cOmrade of Danish cOrsairs with whom,
without the aid of Spanish kings, he made the
previous discovery of the American continent.
Documents which l found further showed
that Columbus was not identical with the son
of the GenOese wool weaver, DOmenico Column
bus, but with Cataonian corsair who rebeled
against King Juan ii of Aragonia. He was also
relative of corsair named Casanova CouillOn,
who was in the services of Louis of France"
All of which is certainly revolutionary enough
and adds further to the confusion that exists
among scholars to the nativity of Columbus
But more interesting to Americans than the
question of Columbus's nationality is the ques-
ton of whether or not the history of this ma
ton, which we have become accustomed to date
from 1892, should date from an event 10 years
earlier and whether the landing of Columbus"
should be pictured as taking place on bleak
northern shore of the mainland of North Amer
lea instead of palm-fringed island in the West
Indies According to the Peruvian scholar, the
date should be 1477 and the place Labrador or
Newfoundland, depending upon which you pre-
fer to consider as the shores of America"
And now as for the discovery" in 1892, Pro-
fessor Ulloa declares that our acceptance of
that date arises from distortion of historical
fact made by Spanish scholar, more than
century ago. Here is how it came about: On
April II, 1892. their Catholic Majesties Ferdi-
nand of Aragon and Isabella of CASTLE rulers
of Spain, signed contract of "capituatons'
with Columbus for the official discovery of
America which took place in October of that
year. The original document of these capitu-
lations was preserved in the archives of the
Duke of Neragua but it's existence seems to
have been unknown to scholars for more than
three centuries.
In 1928 certain Fernandez de Navarrete
published the text of the capitulations asserting
that he took it from the original document But
in reproducing the text he arbitrarily changed
essential phrase in it for reasons which will
be revealed later. The authentic text states
that the concessions granted to Columbus were
made lin recompense for what he has discov-
cred Cha descubierto) in the seas of the ocean
and of the voyage that he is now. with the help
of God TO make upon them" Navarrete wrote it
in recompense for what he is to discover Che
de descubrir) and of the voyage that he is now
with the help of God, to make upon them" So by
inserting the word de- and changing the letters
in another word. the Spanish scholar put in the