The Name Even Of The Great COLUMBUS Has Of Late Been Fastidiously
Endeavoured To Be Rejected, In Favour Of The Spanish Appellation Colon,
Which He Adopted On Entering Into That Service, Which Repaid Him With Base
Ingratitude And Cruel Injuries For His Transcendent Services.
It will be
seen, however, from the authority of his own son, that the original name
of his family was Colombi; though some branches in other parts of Italy
had adopted the modern or middle age Roman name of Collona.
COLUMBUS,
therefore, ought certainly to remain in our language as the Latinized
original name of this illustrious person.
In supplement to the history of Columbus by his son, we have chosen to
give an account of the first Discovery of America, by Herrera the royal
historiographer of Spain. To some readers this may appear superfluous: But,
as Don Ferdinand Columbus may naturally enough be supposed to have
written under a degree of partial attachment to the glory of his immortal
father, it seems fortunate that we possess an authentic early history of
the same unparalleled event, from a more certainly impartial and well
informed author, having access to the public archives. That portion of our
work is given as an original record, almost without any remark; leaving it
to the ingenious industry of such of our readers as may be so disposed, to
make a critical comparison between the work of Don Ferdinand Columbus, a
rare and valuable monument of filial piety, and that of Antonio de
Herrera.
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