52b
appear. Fortunate prefages foon arpfci, ,J.%/laM birds,/a newly
cutt a /.carved- p i^ e p f wood^ ai^A* branch of a .ti^ e ^ tl^ p ffii |ed
berries.1 Thefe ,and ptherj fymptQms (induced Gojpi^q ©r^def .the fliips
to-lye^-in tbe eyening-of the. i ith-of Q£|^^^,(iii the certainty.
ing land on the approach of/ day-light.„ The, night was pafled gazing
expectation -, and alight haviag,hee-n obfer^djin ra;o o f
l a n d ! l a n d /~refoundedfrem the headmoft fhip. Ir^Mith;the-dawn- of
Friday Odober r ath a beautiful ifle appeared» two leagufs. to th%nx>|th.
f e Deum washing with fliouts- of .exultation,, aqd.-ispry mark o|,gi;ati-
tude and veneration to the admiral. .Çolapiw^ thçfirft jybq landed, to
the great aftonifliment of the natives, who regarded their,victors as
children of the fun, the aftonifhment.on bQth^fjcles;bera,g#n^efc^|ble.
This firft difcovery of Colonie called Sati Salvador, but it^now
better known by the native name of Guanahaniÿi(,tHe^atIflandf5of{pur
mariners,) l&ïng one of the group called the Bahama-ifles.. ■ ; G©h|]%|gon
afterwards difcovered Cuba and St. Domingb^-j After bilking îbe^ores
on- his return, he arrived at Lifbon on the #lh of-March. 1493.
1495. T k & f e c o n d voyage, of- C o lon*.-^th ^ptemU&r. S t e e r i n g ,
more fouthérly, he difcovered feveral o f the Caribbee ;iftand$.1$ p n d e d
a town in St.'Domingo, being th e firfb E u ropeanfettlement in* tlj^ |ew
■world, ‘a n d did not return till-1496. '
1498. T h i r d voyage o f Colon towards the fo%th-weft, wfehre he'
ex p ed ed to find the Spice Iflands"of India. On the if t o f Aufaftlhe
difcovered an ifland, which h e called Trinidad, hot f a r from tbdfevouth
o f the river Orinoco, It feems furprifing that he did hot bendi frët fu rthe
r to the fouth, where he muff have fallen in with the main land of
America. Yet he judged" from th e eftuâry o f the Orihdeb tla tB ià
great river muff flow through a country ö f im m é n fr'extent ; and he
landed in feveral placés on the coaft o f the continènt now called Faria.
H e th en r e tu m e d to Hifpaniola or St. Domingo : and in ’ Odober,
1500, was fent back to Spain in chains Î
1499. Ojeda, an .officer who had Accompanied Colon in hid fécond
voyage, fails to America with four fhips, but difcovered little more than
4 Robertfon’» America, L 114. Colon
Colon had done. Oh* o f ^ /■ a d ^ t f ^ ^ w ^ fA m e r i g ^ Vdfpucci, a
F W |^ ih a n ^ p ^ f c i e h fQ ^
h e a d e d
n g c J|u b liffied tb eA fe ^ d e fo i|itifo n «4t?:hadfye|lW&r
^ sn tm e n t^ fa n d rjfae ficaprifeeilof fa tn e |h a s M i ;
honour &hoye .th e ^ e q oW n ofth%^efteft|:qmm®6rs-'^that.o£dnd^lihly
wtanu^upgn, this w.aftt<ptottio^tofW;ie®rth. It gj&i
idle tq^acqnfe} h^fevanity, whichsoever .caMddj&ve j f ^ J*
d |m : it was ,A « ^ e b n tra rT, ^ ^ . 4 |^ ^ ^ a n d - t h ^ g ilitfeis(gf4ititiVlc
ofpth^^i- which, ^lortqi c o u l d i ^ ^ ^ n q f t d ^ h ^ a R P g llir i^A ^ « B e ora.-nfl
1 a’d M t^ c iilco v ^ iy j'to i h c g C h m l
cJ &i h^SikhfQJjeff0 h a ^ c J ^ if ^ o n c e a l^ J } y ^ tilouij(,y and intrigue 1
ani atA,ny, r * f $ i ^ $ g ^ a n .tl iat^qf; Holland, Ar New
4f f i g g f ^ » 9ur«own m n ^ n l jg h ^ n e d .t fm e s ^ o g d aw e
y®Pt 'jqf ^gratitude, to Cook1 that no la n d jh ^ ^ e f ii^ e iv e d
■ffl|«^SSIMnatioij from ; hi&name, ■ As fil? other
quartos p f th e wprld fpread, hy~ mere;accj:dent,?frnmij diftrids,«, fo
^ eJ f he ^ me America was, im p o f £ ^ t^ f e ^ a |, n p t ^ ^ p f e d i ' ^ n t
i d e a r t h ^ p r i ^ i g i p ^ patent, ©f-0e^territory ^a,nd under-
SRPey f iOQ was given .to a, large M M
w d e p ^ c e n t, it,was u i^ e r f o p d to ^ e the W g ^ l a a ^ 'o t l aM : ^ '^
4i S L O n Ais voyage t o the Eaft Indies /Cabral/The
This undefigned d i | c © y ^ y i n d e -
Pf ^ he % acit7 of,Colop, America .could no'longer have remained
in obfcurity.
g H E B m | | | J voI aSe o f^ o rd n ,r in ^ c h | f f e S o v ? f s ? ^ ^ f pa| t
°f the" continent, and particularly the harhotffifTOT^
, Vafco Nugnez de Balboa^ d,efcried,.frpm the mohntains o f
» l t h m u s , the grand Pacific Ocean j, and h e " kfteiw1li|'w a 'dM into
hood Hope » M i c h voyage 4e f a i l e d j p ^ i ^ O P
A Camilla y a Leon ,
NuevQ M undo dto doIotL
MâHié óf
America’«,