| Show t T ATTACK TT CK C LUMBUS l American Iconoclast Says Me fe Got Ills His I is Glory by br Distor Distortion ion tion I and Stealth MARINERS YOUTH NOT 1101 GOOD of or the lie American in II 1 After III Long Lang Iong Study 1 Makes M Ies Astonishing Is Is hec h I DA Attl HI HIt April Apri Comm Collm PA P hut bus hu a is I man of ot limited I I and untruthful proclivities Thug 1 I Is bowled over on one of or th the few lew r heroes heoe of tt history Is I m not t a I used ot of discovering 1101 by proxy as I is la alleged to t 0 have written hi his hla play II Me le II It only onh churned with profiting by b the discoveries eries erlea of ot others other and ald distorting dI tortIn tots facts nc so coiling to tn hl tile fancy In Itt order to poss poM l h hs tore rare the world a 11 as the genius ehll which ha lie haMAI was MAI mutt Uch arc Cru ar thus the Statements now boldly made lule titter r If If 10 years yearn of ot careful research by Henry tenry who fur nearly 1 years hiss has hii teen been 1 n secretary of the he Amen Ameri American can at II I From 1 emly youth Mr Ir hut him devoted nearly nil all ni hi his leisure unit I to 10 the study of ot Co lumbus lie hiiM hll hii In hi his II II hil library on ouie fit tuf the th finest private collections In Kit I I lope 1011 comprising more than 1000 vol 01 times nil all 11 known knowl works relating to Co Ce And tot for til years Yer lie hi lists lins been HH am 11 cup onn of If the lie greatest living authorities on Oi Columbus In 1901 Mr Ur tr Vignaud startled startle Colum bil I m holms by b the hue publication of ot lila Ills hit hook nook and Ald Columbus InN ing the I letter attrib attributed UI t to 10 the thi Italian astronomer which Columbus us as la endeavoring to II proceed to ui mutt India b by nailing westward win u mu I forgey anti and that Instead of ot plunging into the unknown In Itt search at ot the i of or Asia Alia h Io he started out front from tron possessed po with Intorn tion how procured Is IN not flot lct known hut hUI which gave alive him the th air Utility thit thil th t he hI Ii would wull find the Islands h hi he ed was 1111 In Iii II quiM It of and which he discover discovered pe mi iii II new now light on the Ihl lIfe and Ind c i of Columbus Columbia this HIlI was 1111 ahead disconcerting fur for thoM tho who Whit Imd been brought tip liP to Il revere reve the thu discoverer of if Ct America as I one of ot the he ti geniuses of or all time lois nut fluit Mr r hud hll been beon merely merel clearing the way r rT r more Important In II a work ho lie 10 has ha develop ed 11 the real character of ot I ns I displayed In lii his bIll hil youth and Ald It I la hit II tar far from being blin wholly creditable thin much off nit of his hil hands Mr Ir Is lit now gathering IR evidence for tor time thO clowning work of nt nil ni which giving for far tn the first t time the ful full and amid 1111 ItU I II his Il tory lory of ot the IhA discovery of ot America will Sir 11 III shatter Columbus wi AH as AHa iA asa a I great grent genius and 11 leave leae him only ns nt 0 tho the Instrument of ot a a great deed toI HISTORY O omm HY m CO rU I have 1110 not tot sought nought to ii attack Colum C bus hUI hut but to separate Illon from fromi his hl tory tOI Mi said lIall to me in when hf I T him hint concerning his hll Ideas and anti Intentions Tho The object which I have Imd In mind mild for ninny 1111 years 1 I Is to prove pro that hunt tho the history of lt Columbus Is lie Imported I known und that the most Idem Id I prevail n A sit to 10 this the Into Causes of ot the tho discovery of ot A 1 rIo Like id ili in ln n who ho have left heft ler notes and ld pa leFt ers on 01 the In Iii which they 11 e p 1111 H a I part pa 11 Columbus t Ill 51 d ai RII In itt wanted Hunted I el them to ho tie known it I Is with the that critical slimily lIes has In aside 1111 tie from this history facts t which slid ami nd the tho of his hll hI Ideas ha hal hail Intro Illel This Puts work of ot rectification pro pM Kres rII ei slowly It U commenced long Ions ui and I ii nil nih stIll 1111 continues My M hy ambition Is II to 10 complete I tt t The Tho which I 1 Is I that Columbus never to go o to lo he the tt Index Ind and Int It I sap H only titter lter he ht thought h lie he h hUll hued d lu d India li h he that IhM he tiC h wanted anted to go gothere n there lucre What hat he hIP realty rell hoped betted to 10 was Wili to tn discover new lisa lands stud con concerning which he lie thought ho he had hod ha information Int mation mitt 1 tol Ion Thue Th glory of at Columbus Is II certainly certaInty diminished by b these thele As AI a maui man It he lie was WUI neither truthful not nm no of nt superior attainments attainment Columbus can eal only I Ii l be i died called II it griat Ht man In If we WI understand by thin that tern term tho those whim h 11 hive ue S thing Hut if on ou means a man mn whoso ho host I 1111 laid IK II i ui 1 t M 1 the th hid hl c m ti of or thin hile lob loh gIsi C nn I a uk torm n hue then tl c I 1 i not notI I I it t man He II rte In lii II iw hit II vi 1111 t ran lt hi hii I h i i tt t It r f Hoc c i I I In whole n Ii oh inner carter i s sl l of tt r ti w or r f i ni nit t taken laken In till all 11 lila in i ed el In II but hili 1 1 1 nis o n i 1 0 I 1 W ii l h ii hh i Ii uld ulI U I I I t l I IIi open olIn hU IiI ov l n nHut t t Hut 1 I l 1 lion t I i t in aisil I HI II 1 T I I i in Ii he I I iv I ly ii 11 t I Ito to 10 one mHo i i I t rinse und KI Fiske K to II m nil i t I IA A 1 mii i I 1 l v lib I h ili I in t i i hAt KAl l tf l HI 11 hI nl iII I i Ilowe oi i I o l may be b bethem thero them la lie al allI R g tn to learn ii Cd Mi Ih h u V 1 i a in This hIs It Ic I par pr t tn tl tie r f h II I 1 which eon con connot rn not mini of t tl UI fm Is alone butt but buti bl iA hl i ht ir 15 0 I I upon the K which ih Ic h these the fade are ure In tn isted iteL vittles with the tho th of if If nur OU Ideas Idell unit and the e eg asian nf of If nr uil I h ift of ot knowledge kI IN V tin thi last Jo 30 or 40 10 o our opu 1015 on 01 ninny 11 subject have been h n modi fled It Is II not true tre that hit nil all 11 the thue of ot Columbian history were known knowl when the eminent men m you yen 01 have wrote i For Kor a time this the history ot of wh which h la Iii II that butt of ot ducov IIo ety el of u 1 WU va L t t h Columbus that li la I tu to tuB B y g through th the ail which li h lie loft left r which w wr r vet vat t forth by hy the two to lil hla N n und and Li LIlt Caws C The rho rh book bunks witch these the two tWIT wrote gave av a t u our Columbian traditions ns fill erred on as foundation fur tUI our nur bent beat works on Columbus But little by b lu III I tie ll tl It W WIN B ob of 1 that facts 1 trait from this source were Her I out and nd wIth t tha of lit farts ti etA thin thui by became HO io tIC gr grit t tho t It R Was wan to I nil all that tradition tr hall had tu to lay eny t the discoverer of ot Arp erlia and arul It nil hla lih went w THUS rl nut But how hw is la it that who nv h heretofore attention to Mare have failed to see nee e nil All thle anti ami should l have than t uk tuk which you yon are only now undertaking under undertaking taking I Some of ot three these the 1 noted most mORt mORti ot or tho the errors which form flax Hie Columbian legend and their contribute to toward toalII toWard i ward alII the present wf roc If It they did not this thuN Unit t of qt tl u 11 forth form RS as fur as AN I It J JR JN list Ir At bemuse the tho legends of ot endowed with lIh 1111 the and I taste farts laud and secondly b the th writ writers ers ere were vere not In hl a position to tu carry I 1 tho rho work to the end endA f A I When hit terms hili hi Critical i Examination which Inaugurated Col Columbian when whon wrote his hh little monograph xo so solid col id I 4 ly 1 BO sn Ingeniously put together I Which gave Kny a J new direction to 10 Ameri American can rai 1111 studies in to Trance when Henry Honry published his hla COI llA P Which d ro so great an All Impression Inq in the world of ot savants nil 1111 the to writ writIngs r lugs Ings of lit were ware tIr not known know and andt t i the rest could not ho bc studied exhaust t tI r I ively f The Tho 1 d r published by b tho the and tins tho i brought to light by h the ti completely changed the tho situation II It II II n In II IF rendering accessible to students papers until then or II imperfectly i known and which were for fur the th first i presented In that Is IP in n their th lt fortu Among Amon i pipers papers there are som wh u unco wan tens not and inti n l which ti 1 f throw light on th the formation of oC Idea Idena t There T e are the notes which ha JO put nut on ett the t h margin of oC the hooks hook he notes are lire very er numer numerous ats ous f There are Ml 61 on nn the Historical of or Plus n lr Sol on 01 o the site Imago of Cardinal II and SOC on Ills his copy of 01 Marco Marro Polo Yolo Apparently Insignificant for the most part tiny they how chow the of or Columbus conception Thanks to them we WI can Ill tI e of oC th the formation of at this system end and perceive the oil Ida gin of oC each thought composing It H It His Itle is le a II field l which linn bas scarcely hen been explored and yet t which which offers a 1 rich ha Ott It was perhaps these n t M which gave you the Ih Idea of oC writing on Colum Columbus l r bus bUll I suggested The fhe Idea ell of oC writing a 1 new history hili tor of oC the tho discovery dl Il covery of ot carne came to 10 too ano In n lilY my youth Kor Jor J or more than thun 40 10 years Care I have been the material necessary and ond thle work h hug wi occupied me uninterruptedly over oer Mince Inc IncI I have havo devoted to It all my resource and what hat time lime has hll been heen left leet to tu mo 1110 by byI I functions r rAnd t And have you always thought of ot Co CoI Cot t I 1 what hal you think now No Indeed said Mr air III 1 with wity witha I a n laugh J My lews on oil the true part jart 1 played by Columbus In tho thu discovery or ut ortho 1 tho new lIew world worl took form fonn H lowly and anti they titer were nere definitely nUll only the F publication of lit the It was at lit first my Intention to t o limit nit II myself to n R critical of lit Colum olum Columbus bus hils b el great Brent design mid saki to show sho his hI gen gett genuine ulna inns character lint Hut I realized that Hutt I have hav to show first Brat how Colum Columbus bus illicit filled the tha early years of ot his life lite during which h lie ht IH la to have 3 conceived and matured this title plat plan Tina this Is i the tha Object of ot the book hook I tint inn about I th publish und and which will nerve nerva n RII as an introduction to the tho Work ork de tie developing tier r doping and letting forth It Ite ib origin and stud Its he true nature It Itis ItIs ItIe is Ie In this that I hope to complete the tho v task tuk which I have hn e set for COI myself In r ro tr Je try y o the truth as 11 regards Co Coo Cor o r and the discovery of oC America STRIKING INO Henry Vignaud who la II now nowa I a I green old II HK In ht peaceful c york volk und and hI research hail hud hail n I mo meet t alt ad career Durn at lit 1 Nos NI In 1830 of oC an old family he to x In lit t the he pub public I u 11 lic He c whet shen ho hit m 23 2 years old ohl anti 11 iiI four years yearn Inter biter turned tale his atten attention 1 thou tion to new papi r work werl editing first du de anti and then titan La Iu Lat t At Al tho out outbreak I 4 Emit break of ot the civil war Ir h lay hll enlisted in the thu I h erke and wu wits In III the Sixth Louisiana t nl Captured and littI ventured restored to pro 1110 v liberty In III New Nev ev ll r le rte l 1 In 18 Bet l 2 I vIle lit Ile h that he was teas about to be bo nr ur ar i t d by hy the federal and nl watt to ul Ship Shill Island us liS n a 1 prisoner on account of ut his hll stron eh ong It Before the tho attest arrest could bo be efI ef et ett t ht he bribed nn tin t to tel b al supply I I I Y with a puns enabling him hue to leave lh th the oily city ami and escaped to Parts Paris r Mr woo MIH appointed of tit lr the B diplomatic commit committie tie lee Ie in III this thin pant pantas I l us as long A al the Confederacy required Ills hll hl During this thle feeling ran high In Part li among the tho American twitted d there and an t multi and southerners were divided HH as sharply an as anin AMIn in the th States The measures 11 1 taken by b tho the government after recon reconstruction left Mr III free freo to re return return turn rn home lie wished I but hn le hu r re i liy II b y thU e 11 limo hea mo t established firm ties tiva In h t aarl A II In lit HOD 1860 he wits va appointed secretary of It s si t i th the in II III I g work attracted the tiu e attention of or Ida his own countrymen then thell t reunited anil he ho on Oil the s In In nry nr 1 lien len Grant Irani wiped out old I 1 anti paid H a 1 generous tribute to h hI 1 I Mr tx ability by appointing him t f 1 ru of ot the American embassy In II 1 i i In the tho th changes chirel which hAY over Clver the Mr air 11 p lies iian been tho the only on nun man to rennin remain con colt constantly on r At his hla hi pout while Willie n a j stave retired r or nr it other have Ime lieen Leen transferred to II other points II lie N YM w r v hns seen lIen American In III France 1 develop front torn u n iii in ministry to an nu Important embassy P III I und and ho lieu 1111 contributed d In making Its history So absorbed ed Id Is I Mr III In I ills hla diplomatic work that thui he hue hUM bus never heels beoh knowlI to take lake a holiday PerfectlY content to remain n nl the embassy on trout from fro III 10 IQ until 3 he hili evenings and quietly at lit Ills his hI hume home In 11 n charming suburb of ot where ho lute hUll had a 1 remark remarkable able modeled utter after the big pub pith public lic Ic 1 It constructed to f 1 contain c a hii h large luKe collection coll of or beaks nA CIS D SON |
