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A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels
A New Collection of Voyages Discoveries and Travels Author:John Knox Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3could obtain a fqpply, which v.as fent in two ffeips commanded by Peter iVir.mUiz Coronell. After his departure, Columbia continued at court, to negotiate the equipment of fuch a fleet as ... more »would be proper for him to conduct to the Weft-Indies: but this jwas lone retarded by the negligence and mifimnage- ;nent of the king's officers, and particularly of Don John de Fonfeca archdeacon of Sevile, who being "afterwards created bifhop pf Burgos, proved an inveterate enemy to the adtnira.1, and was the chief of thofe who, in the fequel, brought him into difgrace with their Catholic majefties. The Third Voyage of COLUM3US. COLUMBUS having forwarded the expedition with the utmoft care and induftry, on the 3oth of May 1498, let fail from the bay of St. Lucar de jBarrameda, with fix mips loaded with provifions and neceflaries for the relief of the planters in Hifpaniola, and with full refolution to make farther difcoveries. On the yth of June he arrived at the ifland of Puerto Santo, where he took in wood and water: on the 9th he touched at Madeira, where he furnifhed himfelf with other refrefhments; and on the 19th reached Gomera, where a French fhip having taken .three Spanifh vefiels, weighed and flood to lea with them, at fight of the fquadron. The admiral was no fooner informed of this capture, than he ordered three of his fhips to give chace ; but they made top much way to be overtaken : one of the prizes, however, was retrieved by the bravery of the Spaniards, whom the French had left on board, and who clapping their captors under the hatches, brought the veflcl fafely into port again. From From hence the admiral failed for the ifland of Ferro, where he refolded to fend three of his fhips to Hifpaniola, while he with the reft fhould fail towards the Cape de Verd iflands, and from thence directly ...« less