The New World Heroes Of Discovery And Conquest

Author : D. M. Kelsey
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333762322
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Columbus and the New World Heroes of Discovery and Conquest written by D. M. Kelsey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Columbus and the New World Heroes of Discovery and Conquest: Embracing the Lives, Voyages and Explorations of the Northmen, Columbus, Vespucius, Balboa, the Cabots, Magellan, and Other Navigators 0 man may draw so great a lesson from the life of Columbus as the American. The Obscurity of his birth, the poverty of his youth, the struggles of his manhood, and the incomparable benefit to humanity of his one achievement, are in absolute sympathy with the American idea. In this country no station is so humble that therefrom the ambition may not reach the very pinnacle of citizenship. The history of our country furnishes innumerable instances where the most eminent scholars, soldiers, statesmen and financiers have reached their places of intellectual, political or commer cial power by overcoming the same obstacles and subduing the same difficul ties as menaced and confronted this Genoese boy. Our form of government is inspired and the hope of citizenship is based upon ideal men of which Col umbus was a type. And it is most fitting that the American people, in full harmony with the spirit of the New World, should evolve the World's Col umbian Exposition, as a grand tribute to the man whom Providence elected as the instrument of the greatest gift to Christendom that history records. Columbus died a martyr to ingratitude, while his follower Yespucius was re nowned above all men in the name distinguishing this continent. But the American people, true to their high sense of patriotic duty, true to their principles as a race, and true to the theory of their form of government, have rolled back the centuries to venerate the humble scholar who died alone at Valladolid. The great festival which is to commemorate the achievement of the Italian sailor boy, the son of a common workman, demonstrates how deep into our hearts has the spirit of democracy and universal rights found its everlasting place. 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.