Bartholomew Columbus returns from the Cape of Good Hope,
December, 1487 402, 403

Christopher visits Bartholomew at Lisbon, cir. September,
1488, and sends him to England 404

Bartholomew, after mishaps, reaches England cir. February,
1490, and goes thence to France before 1492 405-407

The duke of Medina-Celi proposes to furnish the ships for
Columbus, but the queen withholds her consent 408, 409

Columbus makes up his mind to get his family together and go
to France, October, 1491 409, 410

A change of fortune; he stops at La Rabida, and meets the
prior Juan Perez, who writes to the queen 411

Columbus is summoned back to court 411

The junto before Granada, December, 1491 412, 413

Surrender of Granada, January 2, 1492 414

Columbus negotiates with the queen, who considers his terms
exorbitant 414-416

Interposition of Luis de Santangel 416

Agreement between Columbus and the sovereigns 417

Cost of the voyage 418

Dismay at Palos 419

The three famous caravels 420

Delay at the Canary islands 421

Martin Behaim and his globe 422, 423

Columbus starts for Japan, September 6, 1492 424

Terrors of the voyage:--1. Deflection of the needle 425

2. The Sargasso sea 426, 427

3. The trade wind 428

Impatience of the crews 428

Change of course from W. to W. S. W 429, 430

Discovery of land, October 12, 1492 431

Guanahani: which of the Bahama islands was it? 432

Groping for Cipango and the route to Quinsay 433, 434

Columbus reaches Cuba, and sends envoys to find a
certain Asiatic prince 434, 435

He turns eastward