Translator's Preface
Contents
Illustrations
Christopher Columbus
Chapter I Portuguese Voyages of Discovery The Youth of Columbus His Arrival at Lisbon
Chapter II Columbus' Scheme Rejected in Lisbon He Goes to
Chapter III Three Vessels Fitted Out for Columbus The First
Chapter IV Ocean Phenomena, Unknown to Columbus and His Crew, Increase the Fear of the Latter
Chapter V "Land, Land!"
Chapter VI Columbus Discovers Several Islands, among them
Chapter VII Prince Guakanahari The Admiral's Vessel
Chapter VIII The Return Voyage Storm on the Way Arrival at the Azores, Lisbon, and Palos
Chapter IX Columbus' Second Journey in 1493 Several Islands
Chapter X New Discoveries Columbus in Great Danger Uprising of the Natives
Chapter XI The Natives are Subjugated Columbus is Traduced in
Chapter XII Columbus is Graciously Received by Ferdinand and
Chapter XIII Wretched Condition of the Colony Vasco da Gama
Chapter XIV Columbus Again Calumniated at the Spanish
Chapter XV Ovando Calls the Audacious Bobadilla to
Chapter XVI Columbus Vainly Attempts to Find the Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Chapter XVII Columbus Abandons the Hope of Discovering a
Chapter XVIII Conspiracy against Columbus at Jamaica He
Chapter XIX Diego, Columbus' Son, Secures the Rights coming to
Footnotes
Appendix
Transcriber's Note
Title: Christopher Columbus
Life Stories for Young People
Author: Joachim Heinrich Campe
Language: English
Character set encoding: UTF-8
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Life Stories for Young People
Christopher Columbus
Translated from the German of
Joachim Heinrich Campe
BY
GEORGE P. UPTON
Translator of “Memories,” “Immensee,” etc.
WITH FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1911
Copyright
A. C. McClurg & Co.
1911
Published September, 1911
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