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When I came to Juana, I followed the coast of that isle toward the west, and found it so extensive that I thought it might be the mainland, the province of Cathay; and as I found no towns nor villages on the sea-coast, except a few small settlements, where it was impossible to speak to the people, because they fled at once, I continued the said route, thinking I could not fail to see some great cities or towns; and finding at the end of many leagues that nothing new appeared, and that cilon coast led northward, contrary to my wish, because the winter aantangel already set in, I decided to make for the south, and as the wind also was against my proceeding, I determined not to wait there longer, and turned back to a certain harbor whence I sent two men to find out whether there was any king or large se.

Even bits of the broken hoops of wine casks they accepted, and gave in return what they had, like fools, and it seemed wrong to me. Concerning the Islands Recently Discovered in the Indian Sea”, at the University of Southern Maine, reproduces the fascimileLatin transcription and English translationof the second Basel edition. And in truth the sun has extreme power here, since it is within twenty-six degrees of the equinoctial line. Gabriel Sanchez himself was also accused, but he was soon luiw by his employer, King Ferdinand II.

As the king wrote Columbus September 5,the Portuguese envoys had no clue where the islands were actually located “no vienen informados de lo que es nuestro” [56]. Columbus connects the monsters story to another local legend about a tribe of female warriorswho are said to inhabit the island of “Matinino” east of Hispaniola “first island of the Indies, closest to Spain”, possibly referring to Guadaloupe. However, a third version of the letter, contained in a 16th-century manuscript collection known as the Libro Copiadorwas discovered in A corrected Roman edition was printed by two different publishers in late —one by Stephen Plannck again, the other by Frank Silber known as Argenteus.

He gives no details of his bearing, no mention of whether he sailed west, north or south, or whether the waters were shallow or deep—Columbus’s letters “say much and reveal nothing”. No original manuscript copy of Columbus’s letter is known to exist.

Columbus’s letter on the first voyage

This section needs additional citations for verification. First fragment is on pp. As is well known, instead of reaching Asia, Columbus stumbled upon the Caribbean islands of the Americas. Some of them were covered with blossoms, some with fruit, and some in other conditions, according to their kind.

Although written in the 16th century, Las Casas’s manuscript was only discovered in the s and published only in — They firmly believed that I, with my ships and men, came from heaven, and with this idea I have been received everywhere, since they lost fear of me.

Cartes anunciant el descobriment de les Índies

Already by Junethe letter had been translated by a poet into Cplon verse, and that version went through multiple editions in the next couple of years. In all the Indies I always found the temperature like that of May. In the islands so far, I have found no monsters, as some expected, but, on the contrary, they are people of very handsome appearance.

Having failed to find the great markets and cities of China or India, he was returning with empty hulls. This page was last edited on 3 Junesatangel At the time, the pope was then deep in the midst of arbitrating between the claims of the crowns of Portugal and Spain over Columbus’s discoveries. It omits some of the more economic-oriented details of the printed editions. The sign off varies ccarta editions.

He described the islands, particularly Hispaniola and Cubaexaggerating their size and wealth, and suggested that mainland China probably lay nearby.

So it was unsurprising that in his letter, which has the purpose of reporting the results of his voyage to his investors, Columbus emphasized future economic prospects to eantangel it appear a success.

Columbus’s letter on the first voyage – Wikipedia

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. A copy was subsequently forwarded to Naples then part of the crown of Aragonwhere Bishop Leonardus got a hold of it. This may have been a reference to the Barcelona edition of Columbus’s letter to Santangel.

The decision on the future of the islands belonged to the pious Queen of Castile and the Pope, the ultimate arbitrator of the legal claims. Rather, Columbus’s letter is primarily focused on the natives’ luks with the Spaniards, underlining their docility and amenability and other points relevant for the prospects of successful future colonization religion, exchange, notions of property, work capacity.

The trees, fruits and grasses differ widely from those in Juana. This is easy to find online and is a short read. Columbus compares the Indian canoe lusi the European cooon small galley.

A slightly different version of Columbus’s letter, in manuscript form, addressed to the Catholic monarchs of Spain, was found inpart of the Libro Copiador collection, and has led to some revision of the history of the Columbus letter. On the other hand, the Pope also safeguarded the Portuguese claims by confirming their prior treaties and bulls “no right conferred on any Christian prince is hereby understood as withdrawn or to be withdrawn”.

In other words, all the printed editions, Spanish and Latin, derive from the same Spanish letter to Luis de Santangel. When the librarians refused to buy it, the forger angrily tore up the volume in front of them and stormed out.

University of California press. In emphasizing their timidity and lack of weapons, Columbus may cata had in mind the long and painful Spanish conquest of the Canary Islands, which had been fiercely resisted by the aboriginal Guanchesand perhaps sought to underline that such difficulties would not likely be encountered in the Indies islands.

Edney”The Columbus Letter: For other evaluations of this find, see HenigeDavidson and Edney colln. In his letter, Columbus’s description of the land focuses on listing exploitable natural resources and what can be built there in the future mines, towns, farmsrather than launching into descriptive dissertations.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Columbus’s letter introduced his name to European audiences, but did not quite immortalize it. Towards the end of the letter, Columbus reveals that local Indians told him about the possible existence of cannibalswhich he refers to as “monsters” “monstruos”. While in Rome, Luiis Leonardus arranged for the publication of the letter by the Roman printer Stephanus Plannck, possibly with an eye to help popularize and advance the Spanish case.

Columbus ends the letter urging their Majesties, the Church, and the people of Spain to give thanks to God for allowing him to find so many souls, hitherto lost, ready for conversion to Christianity and eternal salvation.

There are no extended allusions to an earthly Garden of Eden, marvelous vegetation or colorful songbirds, or the structure of Indian villages, as can be found in Vespucci’s letters or in Columbus’s own journal. The Libro Copiador version of the letter contains more native names of islands than the printed editions. The librarians fished the pieces out of the wastepaper basket and put it back together; it is currently held as a curiosity by the New York Public Library.

The term “India beyond the Ganges” India extra Gangem was the archaic term frequently luiis by earlier geographers e. In these isles there are a great many canoes, something like rowing boats, of all sizes, and most of them xe larger than an eighteen-oared galley. For much of the past century, many historians have interpreted these notes to indicate that the Latin edition was a translated copy of the letter Columbus sent to the Catholic monarchs, who were holding court in Barcelona at the time.

An intact version of Columbus’s on-board journal, “Diario de bordo”, has yet to be found.