...compared with the pages in which the first voyage of Columbus is described by Robertson, and still more by our own Irving and Prescott, the last two enjoying...begged a morsel of bread and a cup of water for his way worn child ; his final farewell to the old world at the Canaries ; his entrance upon the trade-winds,...

...World. No chapter of romance83 equals the interest of this expedition. 6. The departure from Palos,n where, a few years before, he had begged a morsel...wayworn child ; his final farewell to the Old World at tiie Cana'ries ;n his entrance upon the trade-winds," which then for the first time filled a European...

...equals the interest of this expedition. 6. The departure from Palos," where, a few years before, he aad begged a morsel of bread and a cup of water for his...child ; his final farewell to the Old World at the Cana'ries;B his entrance upon the trade-winds," which then for the first time filled a European sail...

...World. No chapter of romance83 equals the interest of this expedition. 6. The departure from Palos,H where, a few years before, he had begged a morsel...a European sail ; the portentous variation of the needle,*1 never before observed; the fearful course westward and westward, day after day and night...

...planted the germs of a New World. No chapter of romance ^ equals the interest of this expedition. 6. The departure from Palos,*' where, a few years before,...child; his final farewell to the Old World at the Cana'ries;11 his entrance upon the trade-winds,21 which then for the first time rilled a European sail...

...lately discovered journals and letters of Columbus himself. The departure from Palos, where, a few days before, he had begged a morsel of bread and a cup...Old World at the Canaries, — his entrance upon the trade winds, which then, for the first time, filled a European sail, — the portentous variation of...

...sail from Palos, Spain, on the 3d of August, 14!«. S&~ " The departure from Paloe, where, a few days before, he had begged a morsel of bread and a cup of water for hi« wayworn child, — his Ilnal farewell to the Old World at the Canaries, — Ыы entrance upon...

...sail from Falos, Spain, on tne 3d of August, 1492. 4S~ " The departure from Pnlos, where, a few days before, he had begged a morsel of bread and a cup...upon the trade-winds, which then, for the first time, tilled a European sail, — the portentous variation of the needle, never before observed, — the...

...voyage no words can do full justice. " The departure from Palos," said Everett, "where, a few days before, he had begged a morsel of bread and a cup...Old World at the Canaries, — his entrance upon the trade winds, which then, for the first time, filled a European sail, — the portentious variation...