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1 American History Leaflets. Colonial and Constitutional 1 (1892-1910)

handle is hein.cow/hislea0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 'Aerican Aooqxafleto COLONIAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL. No. I. THE LETTER OF COLUMBUS TO LUIS DE SANT ANGEL, ANNOUNCING IIS DISCOVERY, WITH EXTRACTS FROM HIS JOURNAL. Our knowledge of the discovery of America by Columbus is based on his Journal and on letters which he wrote before reaching Spain, or im- mediately after. One of these letters, addressed to Luis de Sant Angel or Santangel, is here given. Santangel, Treasurer of Aragon, had befriended Columbus in his time of need, and had provided, by his influence, the funds for equipping the fleet. The original of this letter is lost, but a manuscript copy was in existence in the early years of the present century. Three printed copies have been found, though the genuineness of two of them have been doubted. The following translation is based on that in The Letter in Spanish of Christopher Columbus . . . announcing- the Discovery, London, Ellis and Elvey, 1889, which contains a far simile copy of one of the suspected texts. This translation has been cavefully compared with that by Major (Select Letters of Columbus, London, Hakluyt Society, 1870, pp. I- 17) and with that by Kettell (APersonal Narrative ofthe Frst Voyage of Columbus, Boston, 1827, pp. 253-264), and with the original Spanish text as given by Major. Many corrections have been made and the language in places simplified and made more concise. For bibliographical details see Winsor, America, II. pp. 46-51, and Winsor, C lumbus, p. I I. REPRODUCTION BY PERMISSION OF THE BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY BUFFALO, NEW YORK

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