Excerpt from The Vision of Columbus: A Poem in Nine Books T1115 extraordinary man, who was now about twen ity-gven years of age, appears to have united in his character every trait, and to have polteited every tal labt, requifite to form and execute the greatef't enter prizes. He was early educated in all the ufeful fei ences that were taught in that day;. He had made great proficiency in geography, af'tronomy and draw ing, as they were necefi'ary to his favourite purfuit of navigation. He had now been a number of years in ...
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Excerpt from The Vision of Columbus: A Poem in Nine Books T1115 extraordinary man, who was now about twen ity-gven years of age, appears to have united in his character every trait, and to have polteited every tal labt, requifite to form and execute the greatef't enter prizes. He was early educated in all the ufeful fei ences that were taught in that day;. He had made great proficiency in geography, af'tronomy and draw ing, as they were necefi'ary to his favourite purfuit of navigation. He had now been a number of years in the fervice of the Portuguefe, and had acquired all the experience that their voyages alnd. Difcoveries 'could afford. His courage and perfeverance had been put to the feverel't tell, and the exercife of every amiable and heroic vir'tue rendered h1m univerfally known and refpe???ted. He had married a Portuguefe lady by whom he had two fons, Diego and Fardinand the younger of whom is the hillorian of his life. 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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