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And penury and calumny were his; Robbed of his honors in
his feeble age
Despoiled of glory
the old Genoese
Withdrew at length from life's ungrateful stage
To try the
waves of other unknown seas.
EAGER TO SHARE THE REWARD.
Letter written by the Duke of MEDINA CELI to the Grand
Cardinal of Spain
Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza
dated
March 19
1493.
MOST REVEREND SIR: I am not aware whether your
Lordship knows that I had Cristoforo Colon under my roof
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for a long time when he came from Portugal
and wished to
go to the King of France
in order that he might go in
search of the Indies with his Majesty's aid and
countenance. I myself wished to make the venture
and to
dispatch him from my port [Santa Maria]
where I had a
good equipment of three or four caravels
since he asked
no more from me
; but as I recognized that this was an
undertaking for the Queen
our sovereign
I wrote about the
matter to her Highness from Rota
and she replied that I
should send him to her. Th [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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