Title: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 03: Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and . from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
Publisher: Martes
Publication Date: 2026
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9798240826870
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume specifically focuses on the history of navigation, discov-

ery, and commerce, emphasizing the voyages undertaken to explore the New

World, particularly those made by Christopher Columbus and his contem-

poraries. At the start of this volume, the author lays out his intention to

present a systematic history of America's discovery, beginning with a nar-

rative written by Columbus' son, Don Ferdinand Columbus. This section

discusses Columbus's motivations, early life, and the events leading to his

voyages across the Atlantic. It also touches upon the various accounts of his

expeditions, offering insights into the motivations and life of the iconic navi-

gator, while also questioning the accuracy and integrity of rival accounts and

contributions from other explorers like Amerigo Vespucci. The narrative

sets a tone of reverence for Columbus's contributions to exploration, while

also addressing misconceptions and historical debates regarding his legacy.

Overall, the opening portion establishes a foundation for a detailed explo-

ration of the impact of these voyages on global history.

With the generality of mankind, so far from imagining that there could be

any such country as the new world or West Indies, the very notion of any

such thing being supposed to existwas considered as extravagant and absurd,

for every one believed that all to the westwards of the Canary islands was an

immense and unnavigable ocean. Yet some of the ancients have left hints

that such western lands existed. In the close of the second act of his tragedy

of Medea, Seneca says, "The time will come, when the ocean shall become

navigable, and a vast land or New World shall be discovered." St Gregory, in

his exposition of the Epistle of St Clement, says, "There is a new world, or

even worlds, beyond the ocean." We are informed by other authors, that a

Carthaginian merchant ship accidentally discovered in the ocean, many days

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