Identifier: christophercolu02youn (find matches)
Title: Christopher Columbus and the New World of his discovery : a narrative
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Young, Filson, 1876-1938 Dunraven, Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, Earl of, 1841-1926
Subjects: Columbus, Christopher
Publisher: London : Grant Richards
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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e carried out. TheKing, who had foolishly subscribed to it simply as a matterof form, never believing that anything much could comeof it, was determined that it should not be carried out,as it would give Columbus a wealth and power to whichno mere subject of a crown was entitled. The Admiralheld fast to his privileges; the only thing that he wouldconsent to submit to arbitration was the question of hisrevenues; but his titles and territorial authorities he abso-lutely stuck to. Of course the council did exactly whatthe King had done. They talked about the thing a greatdeal, but they did nothing. Columbus was an invalid andbroken man, who might die any day, and it was obviouslyto their interest to gain time by discussion and delay—acruel game for our Christopher, who knew his days onearth to be numbered, and who struggled in that webof time in which mortals try to hurry the events of thepresent and delay the events of the future. Meanwhile Philip of Austria and his wife Juana,( 270 )
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^1 \^ -^r>r*. ^^^ v:>\r.t??^ ,-.r; FERDINAND OF ARRAGON THE LAST DAYS Isabellas daughter, had arrived from Flanders to assumethe crown of Castile, which Isabella had bequeathed tothem. Columbus saw a chance for himself in this comingchange, and he sent Bartholomew as an envoy to greetthe new Sovereigns, and to enlist their services on theAdmirals behalf. Bartholomew was very well received,but he was too late to be of use to the Admiral, whom henever saw again; and this is our farewell to Bartholomew,who passes out of our narrative here. He went to Romeafter Christophers death on a mission to the Pope concern-ing some fresh voyages of discovery ; and in 1508 he made,so far as we know, his one excursion into romance, whenhe assisted at the production of an illegitimate little girl—his only descendant. He returned to Espafiola under thegovernorship of his nephew Diego, and died there in 1514—stern, valiant, brotherly soul, whose devotion to Chris-topher must be for ever remembe

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