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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Santiago, naval battle of (search)
soldier cheers the American sailor, and is filled anew with the glow of victory, and the assurance that he and his comrades have not fought and suffered and died in vain. The thought of the moment is of the present victory, but there are men there who recognize the deeper and more distant meanings of that Sunday's work, now sinking into the past. They are stirred by the knowledge that the sea-power of Spain has perished, and that the Spanish West Indies, which Columbus gave to Leon and Castile, shall know Spain no more. They lift the veil of the historic past, and see that on that July morning a great empire had met its end, and passed finally out of the New World, because it was unfit to rule and govern men. And they and all men see now, and ever more clearly will see, that in the fight off Santiago another great fact had reasserted itself for the consideration of the world. For that fight had displayed once more the victorious sea spirit of a conquering race. It is the spiri
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ith twenty-four men, under Vicente Yañez Pinzon, brother of Martin......Aug. 3, 1492 Leaves the Canary Islands......Sept. 6, 1492 Influenced by Pinzon, he changes his course from due west to southwest......Oct. 7, 1492 [The original course would have struck the coast of Florida.] Rodrigo de Triana, a sailor on the Niña, discovers land at 2 A. M. Friday......Oct. 12, 1492 Columbus lands on Guanahani, one of the Bahamas; takes possession in the name of Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile, and names it San Salvador. Oct. 12, 1492 He discovers Cuba, Oct. 28; and Hispaniola (now Haiti), where he builds a fort, La Navidad......Dec. 6, 1492 Columbus sails for Spain in the Niña, the Santa Maria having been abandoned......Jan. 4, 1493 Reaches Palos......March 15, 1493 Received with distinguished honors by the Spanish Court at Barcelona......April, 1493 Bull of demarcation between Spain and Portugal issued by Pope Alexander VI.,......May 3-4, 1493 The letter of Co
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Warren, mercy 1728-1814 (search)
Warren, mercy 1728-1814 Historian; born in Barnstable, Mass., Sept. 25, 1728; was Mercy Warren. the wife of Gen. James Warren and sister of James Otis. Her mind was as strong and active as that of her fiery brother, but she was restrained from taking public part in the politics of the day by her sex. She was a poet of much excellence, and corresponded with the leading statesmen of the day. She excelled in dramatic composition, and produced The group, a political satire; The Adulator; and two tragedies of five acts each, called The sack of Rome, and Ladies of Castile. The latter were written during the earlier years of the Revolutionary War, and published in 1778, and were full of patriotic sentiments. Her complete poetical works were published in 1790. In 1805 Mrs. Warren completed and published a History of the Revolutionary War (3 volumes). She died in Plymouth, Oct. 19, 1814.
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