Word: columbus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Columbus must have derived great satisfaction from this voyage. . . . Over the biggest fleet that had yet crossed deep water, manned by twelve to fifteen hundred seamen ... he had kept discipline during a voyage that lasted fourteen weeks . . . and lost but a single...
Last week Professor Morison & party were safe in Manhattan after a five-month, 10,000-mile cruise that vindicated the Admiral all the way, and delivered a hard blow at the debunkers' view of history. And at each point they found that Columbus' account rang true. Columbus had noted that as he approached the Azores the seaweed turned brown, disappeared a day before he reached port. So found Professor Morison & party 447 years later. They saw on Corvo Island in the Azores the fantastic rock formation that Columbus had seen through fog and mist and which seemed...
When Capitana, after 20 days, reached the approximate position where Columbus said he had seen Trinidad, Professor Morison sent young, square-jawed Seaman Malcolm Armstrong aloft. Seaman Armstrong climbed to the royal yard, called back laconically, "There's them three hills...
...Last week in Manhattan Professor Morison, who is not given to understatement, exulted at the rediscovery of the great discoverer's honesty, rejoiced at his victory over those who had tried to prove that Columbus was a "louse, a liar, and good for nothing except getting money out of Ferdinand and Isabella." Vindicated was his theory of history. Vindicated also was his moving account, written before his cruise, of Columbus' triumph at his second voyage...
...years to come, when suffering in mind and body from the evil nature of man, the ingratitude of princes, and the frowns of Providence, Columbus may have sought consolation in the memory of those bright November days of 1493, the fleet gaily coasting along the lofty verdure-clad Antilles with trade-wind clouds piling up over their summits and rainbows bridging their deep-cleft valleys; of the nights when he lay quietly at anchor in the lee of the land with his gallant fleet all about, stars of incredible brightness overhead, and hearty voices joining in the evening hymn...