 | 1828 - 448 pages
...people in that quarter, and urged him to steer in that direction. Well would it have been for Columbus had he followed their advice. Within a day or two...sinking amidst gloom, neglect, and disappointment." Vol. iii. pp. 202—203. Columbus, however, was Itcnt upon discovering the strait ; and supposing,... | |
 | Washington Irving - America - 1830 - 396 pages
...situated to the west, and urged him to steer in that direction. Well would it have been for Columbus had he followed their advice. Within a day or two...opulent countries of New Spain, would have necessarily folio wed; the Southern Ocean would have been disclosed to him, and a succession of splendid discoveries... | |
 | John L. Stephens - Indians of Central America - 1843 - 554 pages
...persuade them to steer in that direction. " Well would it have been for Columbus," says Mr. Irving, " had he followed their advice. Within a day or two...glory on his declining age, instead of its sinking amid gloom, neglect, and disappointment" Four years afterward, in the year 1506, Juan Dias de Solis,... | |
 | Hernán Cortés - Mexico - 1843 - 460 pages
...navigator had he come to a different determination. " Within a day or two," says that brilliant writer, " he would have arrived at Yucatan ; the discovery of...sinking amidst gloom, neglect, and disappointment." Two distinguished navigators endeavored to make amends for this omission of the Admiral, and in 1506,... | |
 | Hernán Cortés - Mexico - 1843 - 462 pages
...navigator had he come to a different determination. " Within a day or two," says that brilliant writer, " he would have arrived at Yucatan ; the discovery of...succession of splendid discoveries would have shed fresh gloryon his declining age, instead of its sinking amidst gloom, neglect, and disappointment." Two distinguished... | |
 | John L. Stephens - Yucatán (Mexico : State) - 1848 - 546 pages
...persuade them to steer in that direction. " Well would it have been for Columbus," says Mr. Irving, " had he followed their advice. Within a day or two...followed. The Southern Ocean would have been disclosed to hinv, and a succession of splendid discoveries would have shed fresh glory on his declining age, instead... | |
 | Antiquities - 1850 - 418 pages
...the broad Atlantic. "Well would it have been for Columbus," says his biographer, Washington Irvine, " had he followed their advice. Within a day or two...glory on his declining age, instead of its sinking amid gloom, neglect, and disappointment." Yet perhaps it was also well that it should not be so. Columbus... | |
 | Ruins - 1852 - 464 pages
...broad Atlantic. " Well would it have been for Columbus," says his biographer, Washington Irvine, " had he followed their advice. Within a day or two...glory on his declining age, instead of its sinking amid gloom, neglect, and disappointment." Yet perhaps it was also well that it should not be BO. Columbus... | |
 | Carlos Butterfield - Mexico - 1861 - 372 pages
...persuade them to steer in lhat direction. "Well would it have been for Colum bus," says Mr. Irving, "had he followed their advice. Within a day or two...the other opulent countries of New Spain would have followed ; the Southern Ocean would have been disclosed to him, and a succession of splendid discoveries... | |
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - America - 1862 - 534 pages
...directly into the Indian seas. " Well would it have been for Columbus," exclaims Washington Irving, " had he followed their advice. Within a day or two...sinking amidst gloom, neglect, and disappointment." Not Columbus's own future, indeed, but the whole future of the New World might have been changed. But... | |
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Well would it have been for Columbus had he followed their advice. Within a day or two he would have arrived at Yucatan; the discovery of Mexico and the other opulent countries of New Spain would have necessarily followed ; the Southern Ocean would have... 
