Christopher Columbus And The New World Of His Discovery Volume 8 Esprios Classics

Author : Filson Young
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334250675
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery written by Filson Young and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-12 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery: A Narrative It is only in these latter days that such a book could have been written at all, for it is only since the fourth centenary Of the discovery of America that we have been able to rescue from the Oblivion of public and private archives, where they lay buried, documents throwing such light on Columbus that we are able at last really to know the great Genoese. Your book, which is addressed to a large public and to those who are interested in the broad outlines Of the figures presented to them and in the results Of their actions, does not enter into minute details nor furnish proofs of every fact that is stated that was not necessary to your purpose, and would have changed the character of your work. It was enough for your purpose that in everything Of general interest and necessary to the understanding of the facts there should be a foundation for all your assertions and this rule you have carefully observed. You have not fallen into the error, which so many others have not been able to avoid, Of ignoring the true date of Colum bus's birth - a date which was sufficiently known from the Old documents, and which a new document, cited by you in your appendix, has confirmed. You have not made Columbus a student at the University Of Pavia, wherein he never set foot; you have not represented this almost illiterate wool -weaver, who taught himself the little that he 'ever knew, in the ridiculous position of a doctor discussing point by point high questions of theology and cosmography with the professors Of the University Of Salamanca, then one Of the most celebrated in Europe. And there are many other particulars which you have touched with discretion, and without disre garding the results of the latest critical inquiries. Although you have not even yet credited Martin Alonso Pinzon with as large a part in the discovery of America as really belonged to him, you have had the courage to modify your original Opinion in the light Of fuller knowledge, and you have not repeated the absurd accusations so Often brought against him - accusations the source of which was Columbus himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.