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LETTERS OF

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS,

ETC.

M.DCCC.XLVII

Colombo, Cristopice

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LETTERS

OF

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS,

WITH OTHER ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS,

RELATING TO HIS

FOUR VOYAGES

ΤΟ

THE NEW WORLD.

TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY

R. H. MAJOR, ESQ.

OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

"Tu spiegherai, Colombo, a un novo polo
Lontane sì le fortunate antenne,
Ch'a pena seguirà con gli occhi il volo
La Fama c'ha mille occhi e mille penne.
Canti ella Alcide e Bacco, e di te solo
Basti ai posteri tuoi ch'alquanto accenne;
Chè quel poco darà lunga memoria
Di poema degnissima e d'istoria.

Tasso.-Gerusalemme Liberata.

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THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.

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SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON, G.C.St.S, F.R.S., Corr. Mem. Inst. Fr.; Hon. Mem. Imp. Acad. Sc. St. Petersburg, &c. &c., PRESIDENT.

VICE-ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES MALCOLM, KT.

THE REV. H. H. MILMAN, M.A.

VICE PRESIDENTS.

CHARLES T. BEKE, ESQ., PHIL. D., F.S.A.

CAPTAIN C. R. DRINKWATER BETHUNE, R.N., C.B.
MAJOR-GENERAL J. BRIGGS, F.R.S.

CAPTAIN F. BULLOCK, R.N.

BOLTON CORNEY, ESQ. M.R.S.L.

CHARLES DARWIN, ESQ., F.R.S.

SIR HENRY ELLIS, K.H., F.R.S.

JOHN FORSTER, ESQ.

J. E. GRAY, ESQ., F.R.S.

W. R. HAMILTON, ESQ., F.R.S.

T. HODGKIN, ESQ., M.D.

SIR JAMES M‘GRIGOR, BARONET, M.D., F.R.S.

R. H. MAJOR, ESQ.

R. MONCKTON MILNES, ESQ., M.P.

SIR J. RICHARDSON, M.D., F.R.S.

ANDREW SMITH, ESQ., M.D.

SIR GEORGE T. STAUNTON, BARONET, M P., F.R.S.

WILLIAM DESBOROUGH COOLEY, Esq., F.R.G.S., SECRETARY.