In his Journal for this day, and amid all his anxieties, he found time to note down one of his curious visionary Cosmographical reflections.
"Christopher Columbus, Complete"
Filson Young
Reflections such as these, which abound in his writings, ought in themselves to be a sufficient condemnation of those who have endeavoured to prove that Columbus was a man of profound Cosmographical learning and of a scientific mind.
"Christopher Columbus, Complete"
Filson Young
But the holy Pontiff, bull neck, low forehead, impudent prominent nose, and sensual lips notwithstanding, is exhausted by his Cosmographical efforts, and he lets it rest at that.
"Christopher Columbus, Complete"
Filson Young