A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 3
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 3
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y his son, we have chosen to
give an account of the first Discovery of America, by Herrera the royal
historiographer of Spain. To some readers this may appear superfluous: But,
as Don Ferdinand Columbus may naturally enough be supposed to have
written under a degree of partial attachment to the glory of his immortal
father, it seems fortunate that we possess an authentic early history of
the same unparalleled event, from a more certainly impartial and well
informed author, having access to the public archives. That portion of our
work is given as an original record, almost without any remark; leaving it
to the ingenious industry of such of our readers as may be so disposed, to
make a critical comparison between the work of Don Ferdinand Columbus, a
rare and valuable monument of filial piety, and that of Antonio de
Herrera. We have only to regret, that the transcendent genius, who
possessed the unexampled sagacity to devise, and the singular good
fortune, perseverance, capac
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