Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery

CHAPTER I.

SOURCES, AND THE GATHERERS OF THEM.

In considering the sources of information, which are original, as distinct from those which are derivative, we must place first in importance the writings of Columbus himself. We may place next the documentary proofs belonging to private and public archives.

[Sidenote: His prolixity.]

Harrisse points out that Columbus,...