Memorials Of Columbus Read To

Author : Robert Dodge
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ISBN 13 : 9781331062141
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Memorials of Columbus, Read to the Maryland Historical Society (Classic Reprint) written by Robert Dodge and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memorials of Columbus, Read to the Maryland Historical Society At the meeting of the New York Historical Society, held at its rooms, on the evening of the fifteenth day of January, 1850, I had the honor of presenting to the Society a copy of one of the very few remaining autograph letters of Christopher Columbus, in the original and beautiful Italian. Upon the nineteenth day of January, 1848, during my stay at Genoa, I had the opportunity of examining that city's proudest treasury, - its Custodia of the Memorials of Columbus, which with Parmegiano's Portrait in the Royal Gallery at Naples, compose some valuable relics of him, the results of whose sublime achievement may well fill coming centuries for their development. During the brief space that the Custodien allowed me to hold the letter in my hand, I succeeded in making a correct copy of the original, which, as one of but three landmarks of his history supplied by himself, and left for us, is justly regarded by his countrymen with no ordinary veneration. Perhaps their famous Emerald Vase or the ashes of St. John, do not meet with equal regard. I presented the copy that I thus had myself made, to the Society, without any accompanying data, which might be useful to demonstrate the originality and authenticity of the donation, as well as its historical importance. 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.