Excerpt from The Discovery of America: An Address Delivered on Columbus Day, October 21, 1892, in the First Baptist Church, Philadelphia<br><br>Governor - general over all the said islands and continents, and that he should be entitled to reserve for himself one-tenth of all precious stones, gold, silver, spices, and all other treas ures discovered or gained within his admiralty (every penny of which he vowed to devote to the rescue of the Holy Sepulchre) furnished with three caravels or tiny ships, named the Santa Maria (his own flagship), the Pinta, and the Nina, conveying ninety persons; setting sail from Palos, Spain, half an hour before sunrise, Friday, August 3rd, 1492 steering, as he imagined and believed, for Japan and the east coast of Asia; prospered with a favoring breeze, yet disap pointed in not sooner reaching Asia quieting the forebodings of his crews by understating each day the distance made the previous; startled about October 4th by a threat that he would be thrown overboard indomitably holding to his west ward course in spite of disappointment and signs of general mutiny; overjoyed by the shout of Land ahead! At two o'clock, Friday morning, October 12th (new Style, October 215t), 1492; debarking at daybreak, and devoutly calling the island where he landed San Salvador; deserted by Martin Pinzon, the captain of the Pinta; discovering the island of Hayti, and naming it Hispaniola (spanish Land), believing it to be Japan; disheartened by the wreck of his own flag ship, the Santa Maria starting for his homeward course.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.