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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), America, discovery of. (search)
America, discovery of.
Ferdinand Columbus was an illegitimate son of the great admiral by Doña Beatrix Henriques; was born in Cordova Aug. 15, 1488; became a page to Queen Isabella in 1498; accompanied his father on the fourth voyage, in 1502-4; passed the latter part of his life principally in literary pursuits and in accumulating a large library; and died in Seville July 12, 1539.
Among his writings was a biography of his father, which was published in Italian, in Venice, in 1571.
The original of this work, in Spanish, together with that of his history of the Indies, is lost, although a considerable portion of his collection of volumes in print and mannscript is still preserved in the Seville Cathedral.
Because of the loss of the original manuscript of the biography, its authenticity has been called into question, and has formed the basis for quite a spirited controversy by historians, with the result that the general belief in the genuineness of the biography has not been s
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Columbus , Christopher 1435 -1536 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gould , Benjamin Apthorp 1824 -1896 (search)
Yucatan,
A peninsula of Mexico, comprising the States of Yucatan and Campeche; area, Yucatan, 35,203 square miles; Campeche, 18,087; population in 1895, Yucatan, 298,850; Campeche, 88,302.
The peninsula was discovered by Francis Hernandez Cordova, who, with three caravels and 110 men, sailed from Havana on Feb. 8, 1517.
They first saw land at Cape Catoche, the eastern point of Yucatan, an Aztec name for the great peninsula.
He landed at several places, but was driven off by the naked barbarians, who used bows and arrows skilfully.
Cordova was afterwards mortally wounded by some of the natives north of Campeche, who killed forty-seven of the Spanish intruders, allowing only one man to escape.
On his return from Yucatan, Cordova's vessel touched the coast of Florida.