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on the contrary in consequence of the services which he has rendered us we intend to confer still further on him such there is every reason to believe was the sincere intention of the but the stream of her royal was doomed to be poisoned or by the base channels through which it flowed the favour shown to was extended l...	48
consequence of his urgent representations of the misery to which the colony must be reduced two ships were in the beginning of under the command of with supplies the necessary funds were advanced by the queen herself out of her private for the marriage of her daughter with king of an instance of her kind feeling toward...	48
swept off life and voyages of toward the south from this circumstance and from information gathered among the natives of the islands he was induced to believe that a eat tract of the main land lay of the countries he had already discovered king john ii of appears to have entertained a similar idea as records an opinion...	48
them would require some delay in the meantime the health of himself and of his people under the influence of the the atmosphere was loaded with clouds and neither sun nor star w s to be seen a temperature prevailed and the livid looks of the inhabitants bore witness to the of the leaving the island of vista on the th o...	48
the name of de la from the form of a rock in the sea which resembled a under sail he had to coast for five along the southern shore before he could find safe on the following day august he continued westward in search of water and a convenient harbour where the vessels might be he was surprised at the and of the countr...	48
had founded on the theory of the cap s p martyr l ind l c ms letter of to the sovereigns t a life and voyages of bat they gradually contributed to the formation of a theory which was springing up in bis active imagination and which will presently be shown after at point the were permitted to land and refresh themselves...	48
where the country was more level in a river immediately a with three or four indians came ofi to the nearest to the shore the captain of which pretending a desire to accompany them to land sprang into their it and with the assistance of his secured the indians as they were swimming when they were brought to the admiral...	48
mutual good will made their intercourse and pleasant and at the hour of the returned on board of their ships gratified with entertainment t life and voyages of chapter of the voyage through the gulf op return to the quantity of fine pearls found among the natives fc pf was sufficient to arouse the sanguine of it appe...	48
died away and they were in danger every moment of being thrown upon the rocks or ind l c v life and voyages of the current of fresh water er gained the victory and carried them safely through the admiral when once more safe in the open sea congratulated himself upon his escape from this perilous strait which he might w...	48
with te to welcome his arrival the meeting of the brothers was a cause of mutual joy and consolation they were strongly attached to each other each had had his trials and sufferings during their long separation and each looked with confidence to the other for relief don appears to have always had great deference for th...	48
with his its greatest at the former place in the parallel of the he had found ten degrees and in the present place fifteen life and voyages of from these and other circumstances he was inclined to doubt the theory with respect to the form of the earth philosophers had described it as but they v knew nothing of the part...	48
of which he detailed at full length in a letter to the sovereigns various authorities for his opinions among which were st st and st and his theory with much of that in which he was deeply it shows how his ardent mind was heated by the magnificence of his discoveries shrewd men in the coolness and of ordinary life and ...	48
of the beauty and of the inhabitants the mode of their reception was calculated to confirm their favourable as they approached the place thirty females of the s household came forth to meet them singing their or and dancing and waving palm branches the married females wore of embroidered cotton reaching to the knee the...	48
were ill of the want of the provisions which had been distributed among them from the supplies brought out a few months before by had been consumed the partly from sickness and partly from to labour had neglected to cultivate the surrounding country and the indians on whom ihey had chiefly depended outraged by their ha...	48
inflicted on these indians instead of their countrymen filled them with horror and indignation they had not been accustomed to such stern rule and ferocious justice and having no clear ideas nor powerful sentiments with respect to religion of any kind they could not comprehend the nature nor extent of the crime committ...	48
abandon the he held forth to them promises of great and ds if they should continue firm in their loyalty but terrible should they aj kin be found in rebellion the heart of was fl by the unexpected of the tf a speech to his people setting forth the irresistible of the their great to their to such as were faithful and...	48
however preferred to with her attendants m the ship s boat with the as they approached the the cannon fired a salute at the sound of this thunder and the sight of volumes of smoke bursting from the sides of the ship and rolling along the sea overcome with dismay fell into the arms of the and her attendants would have o...	48
against any sudden assault had still some hopes that might be to government and might be gradually brought into life and voyages of bis plans or that the garrison would be disposed to desert tempted by the life which he permitted among his followers in the neighbourhood was die town inhabited by here were thirty soldie...	48
or to strike some blow at him in his present crippled state that should him from yielding future returning therefore to the vicinity of fort conception he endeavoured in every way by the means of subtle to the garrison to desertion or to stir it up to revolt the had ample information of the of the enemy and of his own ...	48
he promised also for all past on condition of return to hearing that was within five of st with his band le sent who had been appointed by the sovereigns mayor of the island to him to obedience promising him oblivion of the past he trusted that the representations of a discreet and honourable man like who had been witn...	48
country was watched by the keen eyes of indian who among the rocks and as the were seeking the ford of a river at the entrance of the plain of these darted firom among the bushes on its bank a voyages of one flung himself headlong into the water and swimming across the mouth of the river escaped the other being taken g...	48
caught some wretched indian stealing forth fi om the mountains in quest of food he always professed utter ignorance of the hiding place of the it happened one day however that several captured two of the followers of who were on their way to a distant village in search of bread they were taken to the who compelled them...	48
and all hopes of wealth were at a m i x of aa end the horrors of famine bad succeeded to those of war the cultivation of the earth been y neglected several of the provinces bad been during the late troubles a great part of the indians h fled to the mountains and those who remained had lost all heart to labour seeing ...	48
with the admiral assuring him that he had only acted in opposition to the injustice and oppression of the but was ready to submit to on his arrival perceived that the resolution of and of several of his principal was shaken and flattered himself that if he were to remain some little time the he might succeed in drawing...	48
a man of turbulent and mischievous character brought his dis life and voyages of to this place of and others of the drew together there by different no sooner did the hear of the arrival of than he set forth to him was an old and venerable man with gray hairs and a he was loyal frank and virtuous of a serious dispositi...	48
of the alleged of had been received but that this matter must be to remain in suspense as the sovereigns would investigate and remedy it presently l c life and voyages of this cold reply to his earnest representations had the most effect upon he saw that his complaints had little with the government that the of im enem...	48
that he was home a of enemies and false witnesses to his character and his conduct but he bad no alternative to as much as possible their he sent by the same car die loyal and upright to with de to attend to his affairs at court and furnished with the written processes which had been taken relative to the conduct of ...	48
admiral they hailed him as a new leader come to their fancied t in place of who they considered as hav ing deserted them they made complaints ta of the injustice of the admiral whom they charged with from them the of their pay was a hot headed man with somewhat of a spirit and immediately set himself up for a of it i...	48
the exception of the one armed who had and on the following day according to agreement set sail to leave the island threatening however to return at a future time with more ships and men waited in the neighbourhood doubting the truth of his departure in the coarse of a few days word was brought him that had landed on a...	48
of his indian beauty checked the vehemence of the youth he changed his tone of haughty defiance into one of humble and appeased by this submission permitted him to remain for the present in that part of the island was doomed to reap the fruits of the mischief he had sown he had and violence into the hearts of his late ...	48
he had hitherto held suspended the power of was now completely the good of the various measures which had taken since his im arrival for the benefit of the island began to appear the indians seeing the of resistance submitted to the yoke many of them gave promising signs of civilization having embraced christianity and...	48
should he find them to them in the government a singular mode of partiality the person chosen for this most momentous and delicate office was don de an officer of the royal household and a commander of the military and religious order of him a very honest and religious man but he is represented by others and his action...	48
to assist him in his various concerns a was immediately to obtain information which approaching the inquired what news they brought and whether the son of the admiral was on board life and voyages of himself replied from the principal vessel himself as a sent out to investigate the late rebellion the of the then inquir...	48
copy of the letters but this refused that there was no time for delay the prisoners being s under sentence of death and liable at any moment to be executed he threatened at the same time that if they were not given up he would proceed to and would be for the consequences the wary again required time to reply and a copy...	48
the functions of chief judge according to the re quest he had written home to the sovereigns and that they r had him likewise with powers to make i and voyages of an into the late troubles of the island all beyond these powers he tried to believe were mere and of authority as in the case of at all events he was determi...	48
distant province of in pursuit of the knowing his and determined spirit he feared he might take some violent measure when he should hear of the treatment and imprisonment of his brothers he doubted whether any order from himself would have any effect except to the stern don he sent a demand therefore to to write to his...	48
obvious facts which speak to the feelings of the multitude and the necessity of reflection no one stopped to inquire into the case it was sufficient to be told that was brought home in irons from the world he had discovered a general burst of indignation arose in and its neighbouring city which was echoed throughout al...	48
natives of the island then reduced them into classes and distributed them according to his favour or caprice among the the latter at his suggestion associated themselves in of two persons each who were to assist one another with their respective and indians one the labours of the field and the other the search for the...	48
were to be engaged as hired and paid this provision led to great and for under whatever pretext the gained control over the services of the natives they were sure to enforce it to their misery and destruction but while the sovereigns were making for the relief of the indians with that frequent in human judgment they en...	48
or and the handwriting appears to be of the same time permit os the sovereigns were under the of j constantly guiding thej r enter in a direction to to the power and glory of the church recent conquest of had been considered a european and had gained to the sovereigns the of catholic it was natural to think of extend...	48
vi preface a visit to i shortly after set off f r that capital with an idea of undertaking there the translation of the work r soon after my arrival the publication of mr made its appearance i found it to contain many documents hitherto unknown which threw additional lights on the discovery of the new world and whi...	48
first arrival of in spain ii characters of and in of to the court of iv before the council at v further at the court of follows the court in its m contents chapter chapter application to the duke of return to the of la application to the court at the time of the surrender of arrangement with the spanish sovereign...	48
earth into communication with each other the narrative of his troubled life is the link which the history of the old world with that of the new chapter i birth and education of op the early days of nothing certain if known the time of his birth his birth place his are all involved in obscurity and such has been the ing...	48
in the annals of the during the long night of and false learning geography with the other had been lost to the european nations fortunately it had not been lost to mankind it had taken refuge in the bosom of africa while the of the were wasting time and talent and by idle and the assembled at were taking the measure me...	48
career of have caused much perplexity to some of his who have supposed that they the with these he sailed on several occasions and a considerable length of time and he is said to have embarked with the uncle in the expedition against there is no authority for this latter fact among the who were his none of whom indeed ...	48
atlantic was yet in its infancy and however some have ventured a way upon it still looked with distrust upon a boisterous expanse which appeared to have no opposite shore in their voyages they still kept close to the coast fearful of venturing out of sight of land marks which guided their timid every bold head land and...	48
islands from the west in the description of which thought he recognized the immense said by to grow in india information is likewise noted given him by the inhabitants of the of trunks of huge pine trees of a kind that did not grow upon any of those islands to their shores by the winds but especially of the bodies of t...	48
said had landed accidentally on the coast of south america in the course of an expedition and that it was with the assistance of a map or globe projected by on which was laid down the newly discovered country that made his voyage this rumour originated in an absurd of a latin manuscript and was by any documents yet it ...	48
listened to the monarch was too engrossed with the wars with spain for the of the princess to the crown of to engage in peaceful of an expensive nature the public also was not prepared so perilous an notwithstanding the many voyages which had been made to the coast of africa and the b islands and that the compass had b...	48
of the compass the should he find no distant port asia l c p rt mb ii f r it r chapter of to the court op the application of the to was one of those events which seem to have something in them it was the one thing wanting to an intercourse across the deep and it the enterprise of of that character which was so great a...	48
by conquest the views of a nation could not always be the same they extended with its and prosperity was at peace with all the princes of europe it bad nothing to fear hi from engaging in an extensive it would be the greatest for to penetrate into the secrets and horrors of the ocean sea so formidable to the other nati...	48
the whole country like an were now up within the mountain boundaries of the kingdom of the victorious armies of and were continually advancing and pressing this fierce people limits under these sovereigns the various pet of spun began to feel and act as one nation and to rise to eminence in arts as well as and it has b...	48
of such had been prince henry for the kingdom of and such was now for spain the illustrious de la per ji i or chapter iii of cot s to the of arrived at early in i he was disappointed however in his hopes of immediate he found it impossible to obtain even a hearing de prior of instead of being secured to his interests b...	48
and spain surpassed all other countries of in the of her devotion the had just been in tliat kingdom and ever opinion that of made its owner to and persecution c vol t life and voyages of was the period when a council of in the of st to the new theory of it was composed of professors of geography and the other branches...	48
absurd objection advanced was that should a ship even succeed in reaching in this way the of india she could never get back again for the of the globe would present a kind of mountain up which it would be impossible for her to sail with the most favourable such are specimens of the errors and prejudices the mingled ign...	48
this wild rugged and war whenever the court had an interval of leisure there seems to have been a disposition to take up his affair but the hurry and tempest returned and the question was n grain swept during tliis time he the and of which he afterwards complained being by the light and ignorant a a mere and by the as ...	48
their eldest daughter the princess with the prince don heir apparent of the celebrated in the month of april with splendour throughout the whole winter and spring the court was in a continual tumult of parade and pleasure and torch light what chance had of being heard in these alternate of war and it was not until the ...	48
with the was at an spain was delivered its and its sovereigns might securely turn their views to foreign they kept their word with persons of confidence were appointed to with him among whom was de who by the recent conquest had risen to be of at the very outset of their however unexpected difficulties arose so fully w...	48
this engagement through the assistance of the of and added a third vessel to the thus one eighth of the expense attendant on this grand expedition undertaken by a powerful nation was borne by the individual who conceived it and who likewise risked his on its success the were signed by and at the city of fe in the or pl...	48
should be sent by royal command de an officer of the royal household was sent to see that this order was properly complied with receiving two hundred a day as long as he was occupied in the business which sum was to be from such as should be and together with other expressed in the this letter was acted upon by in and ...	48
o clock in the morning that set on his first voyage of discovery he departed from the of a small island formed by the arms of the river in front of the town of in a direction for the islands from whence it was his intention to strike due west of this voyage he commenced a regular journal intended the inspection of the ...	48
looked with eye upon this wreck of some unfortunate drifting at the entrance of those unknown seas on the th of september in the evening being about two hundred from the island of for the first time noticed the of the needle a phenomenon which had never before been remarked he perceived about nightfall that the needle ...	48
which the ancient had turned back in dismay but which he regarded with animated hope as indicating the vicinity of land not that he had any idea of yet reaching the object of hb search the eastern end of asia for according to his he had come but three hundred and sixty since leaving the islands and he placed the main l...	48
where their vessels rot and fall to pieces far out of the track of aid and without any shore where the might take refuge they had some confused notion of the ancient story of the sunken island of aod feared that narrative c t cap life and voyages of they were arriving at that part of the ocean where was said to be by l...	48
encouraging were the signs of land flights of small birds of various colours some of them such as sing in the fields came flying about the ships and then continued towards tiie and others were heard also flying by in the night fish played about the smooth sea and a a and a duck were seen all bound in the same direction...	48
at a rapid rate tlie keeping the lead from her sailing the greatest animation prevailed throughout the ships not an eye was closed that night as the evening darkened took his station on the top of the castle or cabin on the high of his vessel however he might carry a cheerful and confident countenance during the day it...	48
and gave themselves up to the most unbounded joy they thronged around the admiral in their overflowing zeal some embraced him others k his hands those who had been most and turbulent during the voyage were now most devoted enthusiastic some ed of him as of a man who had already wealth and honours in his gift many abjec...	48
and twenty pounds weight for the merest trifle they brought also cakes of a the of which served the of glass and ware supplying them with all sorts of domestic were produced on stately trees of the size of elms kind o bread ji which constituted a principal part of their food and was afterwards an important article of p...	48
the next morning he gave to this island the name of in honour of the king it is the same at present called the inhabitants were similar in every respect to those of the preceding islands excepting that they appeared more ingenious and intelligent some of the women wore scanty or of cotton and others had of the same but...	48
days hovered about this island seeking in vain to find its imaginary monarch or to establish a communication with him until at length he reluctantly became convinced of his error no sooner however did one delusion fade away than another succeeded in reply to the continual inquiries made by the concern ing the source fr...	48
sun in a manner his own lustre to every object and nature into the birds in general are not remarkable for their notes for it has been observed that in the race sweetness of song rarely brilliancy of remarks however that there were various kinds which sang sweetly among the trees and he frequently deceived himself in t...	48
it was but four days journey to a place in gold by this they a province situated in the centre of in language the midst however had studied intently the map of and had from all his ideas respecting the coast of asia he concluded therefore that the indians were talking of the sovereign and of certain parts of his descri...	48
of the opposition of the senses they beheld several of the natives going about with in their hands and certain dried which they rolled up in a leaf and lighting one end put the other end in their mouths and continued and puffing out the smoke these rolls they called a name since transferred to the plant of which they w...	48
the appearance of die threatening rough weather he put to a river where he had a day or two before and to which he had given the of de los on the first of november at sunrise he sent the boats on shore to visit several houses but the inhabitants fled to the woods supposed that they must have a dread of his thinking it...	48
so much that flattered himself a thousand of this precious might be collected every year and a more abundant supply procured than that furnished by and other islands of the in the course of their in the vegetable kingdom in quest of the luxuries of commerce they met with the a humble root little valued at the time but ...	48
which had been sent with her returned on board late in the night finding that her village was far distant and fearing to inland confident of the favourable impression which the report given by the woman must produce the admiral on the following day nine well men to seek the village accompanied by a native of as an they...	48
they all in representing the life of these as approaching to the golden state of poetical felicity living under the absolute but and easy rule of their free from pride with few wants an abundant country a happily tempered climate and a natural disposition to careless and indolent enjoyment p martyr of rich d m v ch...	48
boat arrived at the and made known the perilous state in which they had left their vessel tliey were reproached with their desertion and refused admission the commander and several of his crew their boat hastened to the assistance of the admiral and were followed by the master and his companions covered with shame and ...	48
evenings they danced in their fragrant groves to their national songs or the rude sound of their drums such was the indolent and holy day life of these simple people which if it had not the great scope of enjoyment nor the high of pleasure which civilization was certainly destitute of most of its artificial miseries th...	48
a large silver ring upon which metal the indians set a great value it not being found in their island such were the acts of kindness and continually between and this warm hearted and the latter also exerted himself to the utmost to procure great quantity of gold for the admiral before his departure the supplies furnish...	48
asunder but to keep together as they derived de t c safety united number and that they should not stray friendly territory of he it upon and the other persons in command to do their utmost m acquire a knowledge of the productions and mines of the island to procure gold and and to explore the search of a better situatio...	48
that he had parted from him for selfish purposes various gathered partly from his own story and partly from tl of his companions confirmed this opinion it was evident he been by a sudden impulse of on parting with the other he had eastward in search of an island of imaginary wealth described by the indians on board of ...	48
affair with the natives at the gulf op from la oa his to spain the being light it was necessary to tow the out of the harbour and clear of the which it they then stood eastward towards a lofty without trees hut covered with grass and shaped like a tent having at a distance the appearance of a towering island being con...	48
such has always been the custom with of catholic countries in times of tempest and pent but it was especially the case in that superstitious age the heavens however seemed deaf to these pious vows the storm grew still more wild and and each man gave himself up for lost the danger of the ship was by the want of the cons...	48
most southern of the and i of the crown of the inhabitants when they beheld the light riding at anchor were astonished that it had been able to live through the gale which had raged for fifteen days with fury but when they beard that this vessel tidings of a strange country beyond the ocean they were filled with wonder...	48
such was the first reception of the admiral on his to the om world an earnest of the crosses and troubles with which he was to be life for one of the greatest benefits that ever man bad conferred upon his fellow beings i am of and iu its lo n minor the nt iu i old md ot rs to the r the he gave lo stream li or river i...	48
the of march a called don martin de came with a letter n king john on arrival and bim to court which was then held at about nine from the king with bis usual issued orders at the same time every thing which the required for himself his crew or his vessel should be furnished promptly and abundantly without cost gladly ...	48
sailed the admiral to of tbe newly discovered don after all the e t title and an a to the mode of settling so a this in which there was a of i g t and craft was more by king and be privately but promptly to put it in firing de one of tbe most captains of tbe age to command tbe in tbe meantime after being treated with a...	48
vessel of the admiral riding at anchor and learnt the enthusiasm with which he had been received and the r with which his return had been celebrated the heart of died within him he called to mind his fire and and his wilful desertion off the coast of by which he had the of the voyage it is said that he feared to meet i...	48
lent a of the ships men and that would be and having made such dispositions at at circumstances permitted set oat on his for taking with him the six indians and the and productions v he bad brought from the new world k of his discovery had the i nation and as his route lay through several of the finest and most provinc...	48
voyage or at a subsequent date when the magnitude and wealthy result of his lies more fully manifest he to it vaguely in writings and be to it e q ly in a letter to pope alexander vi written in in which he also for it is essential to a full af the character and of that this wild and should be in it will be found to hav...	48
reply but taking an egg invited the company to make it stand upon one end every one attempted it but in vain whereupon he struck it the table so as to break the end and led it standing on the broken part in this simple manner that when he had once shown the way to the new world nothing was easier than to follow it this...	48
pope might perceive hat he was determined at all events to maintain bis important his were instructed to state tiiat in the opinion of many learned men these newly discovered lands having been taken possession of by the life and v of sovereigns their title to the same did not the p sanction still as pious princes obedi...	48
him and he was doomed again to be the only reply his received was a reference to the line of from pole to pole so devised by his such was asia d l cap f x i e l cap life and voyages of royal game of where the parties were playing for a newly discovered world john ii was able and intelligent and had to advise him in all...	48
he walked briskly and with as much confidence as though he had been pacing his chamber when arrived at the end he stood on one leg lifting the in the air then turning round he returned in the same way to the tower unaffected by the giddy from whence the least false step would have him and dashed him to pieces he afterw...	48
lived on the same saturday in the was seen st with seven lighted at the there was much rain and great thunder i mean to say that those lights were seen wliich affirm to be the body of st on beholding which they chant many and holding it for certain that in the in which he appears no one is in danger be that mb it may i...	48
stone found among those islands which when burnt has the appearance of shining iron and in their hasty survey may have been mistaken for such though he admits it might have been some brought by the indians from certain it is no native iron was ever found among the people of these islands object which was a matter of su...	48
is something so to human nature in the idea of that we would fain attribute accounts to tlie mistakes the peter martyr t letter of dr peter martyr let cap tions and the of travellers but they are too positively affirmed by respectable writers and are too curious in themselves to be passed over in silence was now at a l...	48
brought hither from other islands for this was like wise an abode of the they had soon an instance of the courage and ferocity of this race while ihe boat was ou shore a with a few indians two of whom were females came from a distant part of the island and a point of land arrived suddenly in fill view of the ships ast...	48
in his preceding voyage had be with the natives here he set on shore e young indians of the place who had accompanied m to spain and had been com to he him finely and loaded with an favourable from his representing to his men ad the wonders that he had seen and the kind he had experienced the young indian made many of ...	48

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