Excerpt from Have We a Portrait of Annual Address Before the American Geographical Society, January 9, 1893<br><br>Winsor's observation upon this degrading picture of the great discoverer is, that The critic's temper is too peevish and his opinions are too unreservedly biased to make his results of any value, 1 and gives his own estimate of Columbus, which is not a laudatory one. He describes him as a creature of buffeting circum stances, and a weakling in every element of com mand; that while not destitute of keen observation of nature, this quality was not infrequently prostituted to ignoble purposes; that he was a devout Catholic.<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.