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Christopher Columbus
Chapters (25)
- Christopher Columbus 0:00
- Christopher Columbus: Translator’s Preface 0:06
- Illustrations 2:35
- Christopher Columbus Chapter I Portuguese Voyages of Discovery—The Youth of Columbus—His Arrival at Lisbon 2:54
- Chapter II Columbus’ Scheme Rejected in Lisbon—He Goes to Madrid and Has an Interview with Ferdinand and Isabella, after which he Endures Bitter Disappointments 15:53
- Chapter III Three Vessels Fitted Out for Columbus—The First Voyage of Discovery is made from Palos, August 3, 1492—Columbus on the Open Sea 25:09
- Chapter IV Ocean Phenomena, Unknown to Columbus and His Crew, Increase the Fear of the Latter 30:31
- Chapter V “Land, Land!” 33:31
- Chapter VI Columbus Discovers Several Islands, among them Guanahani, Cuba, and Haiti—Traffic with the Natives 40:13
- Chapter VII Prince Guakanahari—The Admiral’s Vessel Wrecked—Forty-three Men Remain Behind—The Return Voyage Begins 49:57
- Chapter VIII The Return Voyage—Storm on the Way—Arrival at the Azores, Lisbon, and Palos 59:42
- Chapter IX Columbus’ Second Journey in 1493—Several Islands Discovered—The Spaniards Find their Fort Destroyed and the Colonists Dead 1:07:56
- Chapter X New Discoveries—Columbus in Great Danger—Uprising of the Natives 1:18:11
- Chapter XI The Natives are Subjugated—Columbus is Traduced in Spain—He Returns to Europe and Suffers Many Hardships on the Voyage 1:26:38
- Chapter XII Columbus is Graciously Received by Ferdinand and Isabella—His Enemies Unable to Shake their Confidence in Him—The Third Voyage in 1498—Discovery of the Island of Trinidad at the Mouth of the Orinoco 1:32:50
- Chapter XIII Wretched Condition of the Colony—Vasco da Gama Sails around the Cape of Good Hope to the East Indies—Ojeda’s Undertaking—Cabral Discovers Brazil 1:39:58
- Chapter XIV Columbus Again Calumniated at the Spanish Court—Bobadilla is Ordered to San Domingo on a Tour of Investigation—He Sends Columbus Back to Spain in Fetters—Columbus Vindicated by his Sovereigns—Ovando Sails to the New Countries with a Fleet of Thirty-two Vessels 1:49:16
- Chapter XV Ovando Calls the Audacious Bobadilla to Account—Columbus Undertakes his Fourth Voyage in 1502 1:58:03
- Chapter XVI Columbus Vainly Attempts to Find the Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans 2:06:58
- Chapter XVII Columbus Abandons the Hope of Discovering a Passage to the Pacific and Returns to Jamaica, where his Vessels are Exposed to Great Danger—Two Boats are Sent to Haiti for Help 2:15:29
- Chapter XVIII Conspiracy against Columbus at Jamaica—He Returns to Spain and Vainly Seeks Reinstatement—He Dies at Valladolid in 1506 2:26:06
- Chapter XIX Diego, Columbus’ Son, Secures the Rights coming to him from his Father—The Spaniards Extend their Authority in Central America and Rule Cruelly—Ponce de Leon’s Discovery of Florida 2:41:54
- Footnotes 2:53:25
- Appendix 2:56:51
- Transcriber’s Note 2:58:24