The Discovery of America

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Excerpt from The Discovery of America: A Commemoration Address Delivered in University Hall, October 21, 1892, by the Invitation of the University Senate Ferdinand Columbus informs us that his father was convinced of the feasibility of his project by these arguments: (1) Natural reason, or conclusions drawn from science, (2) authority of writers, amounting to little more than speculations of the ancients, (3) testimony of sailors, comprehending in addition to popular rumors of lands discovered in Western voyages, such relics as appeared to have ¿oated to the European shores from the other side Of the Atlantic.' Further on we shall see in what the originality Of Columbus consisted, here it is important to comment upon his relations to Toscanelli. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.