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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , Charles Kendall 1835 - (search)
Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-
Educator and historian; born in Derby, Vt., Jan. 24, 1835; was graduated at the University of Michigan.
and continued his studies in Germany, France, and Italy.
In 1867-85 he was Professor of History in the University of Michigan; in 1885-92 was president of Cornell University; in 1892 became president of the University of Wisconsin; and from that year till 1895 was editor-in-chief of the revised edition of Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia.
He has published many monographs and papers in reviews, and Democracy and monarchy in France; Manual of Historical Literature; British orations; Christopher Columbus, his life and work, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), America, discoverers of. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Columbus , Bartholomew 1432 -1515 (search)
Columbus, Bartholomew 1432-1515
Elder brother of Christopher Columbus; born in Genoa about 1432.
In 1470, when Christopher went to Lisbon, Bartholomew was there engaged as a mariner and a constructor of maps and charts.
It is believed that he visited the Cape of Good Hope with Bartholomew Diaz.
Christopher sent him to England to seek the aid of Henry VII.
in making a voyage of discovery.
He was captured by pirates, and long retained a captive; and, on his return through France, he first heard of his brother's great discovery beyond the Atlantic, and that he had sailed on a second voyage.
Bartholomew was cordially received at the Spanish Court, and Queen Isabella sent him in command of three store-ships for the colony in Hispaniola, or Santo Domingo.
His brother received him with joy, and made him lieutenantgovernor of the Indies.
He was uncommonly brave and energetic, and, when his brother was sent to Spain in chains, Bartholomew shared his imprisonment, was released wi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Columbus , Christopher 1435 -1536 (search)
Columbus, Christopher 1435-1536
(Cristoforo Colombo), discoverer of America; born in or near Genoa about 1435.
At the age of ten years he was placed in the University of Pavia, where he was instructed in the sciences which pertain to navigation.
In 1450 he entered the marine service of Genoa, and remained in it twenty years. His brother Bartholomew (q. v.) was then in Lisbon, engaged in constructing maps and charts, and making an occasional voyage at sea. Thither Christopher went in 1470
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Eulalia , infanta ,1864 - (search)
Eulalia, infanta, 1864-
Fifth child of Maria Louise Isabella, ex-Queen of Spain, born at Madrid, Feb. 12, 1864; married to Prince Antoine, son of Prince Antoine d'orleans, Duc de Montpensier, March 6, 1886.
At the invitation of the United States government she, as a representative of the Spanish government, and the Duke of Veragua, as the lineal descendant of Christopher Columbus, became guests of the nation during the Columbian celebrations and World's Exposition in 1893. Princess Eulalia arrived in the United States May 20, 1893, and left June 25.
During her stay she was entertained in a manner befitting her rank.
Ford, Paul Leicester
Author; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1865; has published the The true George Washington; The many-sided Franklin; the political novels, The honorable Peter Sterling, and Janice Meredith; and has edited the writings of Christopher Columbus, .Thomas Jefferson, and John Dickinson; Bibliography of works written by and relating to Alexander Hamilton, and Essays on the Constitution of the United States.
Goodrich, Aaron 1807-
Jurist; born in Sempronius, N. Y., July 6, 1807; was admitted to the bar and began practice in Stewart county, Tenn.; secretary of the United States legation at Brussels in 1861-69.
He published A history of the character and achievements of the socalled Christopher Columbus.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Helps , Sir Arthur 1817 -1875 (search)
Helps, Sir Arthur 1817-1875
Author; born in England in 1817; was educated at Cambridge.
His publications relating to the United States include Conquerors of the New world and their bondsmen; The Spanish conquest in America, and its relation to the history of slavery; The life of Columbus, etc. He died in London, March 7, 1875.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Las Casas , Bartolome de 1474 -1566 (search)
Las Casas, Bartolome de 1474-1566
Missionary; born in Seville, Spain, in 1474.
His father was a companion of Columbus in his two earlier voyages, and in the seeond one he took this son, then a student at Salamanca, with him. Bartolome accompanied Columbus on his third and fourth voyages, and, on his return, entered the order of the Dominicans, that he might become a missionary among the natives of the new-found islands of the West.
He went to Santo Domingo, and was there ordained a priest, in 1510, and gave the name to the island in compliment to his order.
Las Casas was chaplain to Velasquez when the latter conquered Cuba, and did much to alleviate the sufferings of the conquered natives.
In 1515 he went to Spain to seek redress for them, and found a sympathizer in Cardinal Ximenes, who became regent of Spain the following year, and sent out three monks to correct abuses.
Their services were not satisfactory, and, returning to Spain, Las Casas was appointed Universal Prote
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Sweden, founding of (search)
New Sweden, founding of
The following narrative of the founding of New Sweden is from the History of New Sweden by the Rev. Israel Acrelius (q. v.), who was provost over the Swedish congregations in America, and pastor of the church in Christiania in 1749-56.
A translation of the work with valuable notes, by the Rev. William M. Reynolds, was published in the Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1874.
After that the magnanimous Genoese, Christopher Columbus, had, at the expense of Ferdinand, King of Spain, in the year 1492, discovered the Western Hemisphere, and the illustrious Florentine, Americus Vespucius, sent out by King Emanuel of Portugal, in the year 1502, to make a further exploration of its coasts, had had the good fortune to give the country his name, the European powers have, from time to time, sought to promote their several interests there.
Our Swedes and Goths were the less backward in such expeditions, as they had always been the first therein