Excerpt from Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbs The expeditions herein narrated, therefore, may be considered as springing immediately out of the voyages of Columbus, and fulfilling some of his grand designs. They may be compared to the attempts of adventurous knights errant to achieve the enterprise left unfinished by some illustrious predecessor. Neither is this com parison entirely fanciful. On the contrary, it is a curious fact, we worthy of notice, that the spirit of chivalry entered largely into the ...
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Excerpt from Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbs The expeditions herein narrated, therefore, may be considered as springing immediately out of the voyages of Columbus, and fulfilling some of his grand designs. They may be compared to the attempts of adventurous knights errant to achieve the enterprise left unfinished by some illustrious predecessor. Neither is this com parison entirely fanciful. On the contrary, it is a curious fact, we worthy of notice, that the spirit of chivalry entered largely into the early expeditions of the Spanish discoverers, giving thema character wholly distinct from Similar enterprisesundertakenby other nations. It Will not, perhaps, be considered far sought, if we trace the cause of this peculiarity to the domestic history of the Spaniards during the middle ages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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