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The Life of Columbus; in his own words by Edward Everett Hale
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CHAPTER XI. SPAIN, 1500, 1502.
A Cordial Reception in Spain--Columbus Favorably
Received at Court--New Interest in Geographical
Discovery--His Plans for the Redemption of the Holy
Sepulchre--Preparations for a Fourth Expedition

CHAPTER XII. FOURTH VOYAGE.
The Instructions Given for the Voyage--He is to go to
the Mainland of the Indies--A Short Passage--Ovando
Forbids the Entrance of Columbus into Harbor
Bobadilla's Squadron and Its Fate--Columbus Sails Westward
--Discovers Honduras, and Coasts Along Its Shores
--The Search for Gold--Colony Attempted and Abandoned
--The Vessels Become Unseaworthy--Refuge at
Jamaica--Mutiny Led by the Brothers Porras--Messages
to San Domingo--The Eclipse--Arrival of Relief
--Columbus Returns to San Domingo, and to Spain

CHAPTER XIII.
Two Sad Years--Isabella's Death--Columbus at Seville--
His Illness--Letters to the King--journeys to Segovia
--Salamanca and Valladolid--His Suit There--Philip
and Juana--Columbus Executes His Will--Dies--His
Burial and the Removal of His Body--His Portraits--
His Character

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B
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