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Provenance
The Henry H a r r i s s e C o l l e c t i o n came t o t h e L i b r a r y of Congress i n 1915,
more than f i v e y e a r s a f t e r Henry H a r r i s s e (1829-1910) had bequeathed t o t h e
L i b r a r y his p e r s o n a l c o l l e c t i o n o f h i s w r i t i n g s on t h e h i s t o r y and c a r t o g r a p h y
o f e x p l o r a t i o n of t h e New World. Many o f t h e more than 200 volumes are p r i n t e d
on s p e c i a l paper w i t h wide marg ins t o accommodate h i s e x t e n s i v e a n n o t a t i o n s and
most volumes have l e t t e r s and o t h e r r e l a t e d m a t e r i a a i n t e r l e a v e d . There a r e a l s o
e i g h t e e n bound volumes o f m a n u s c r i p t s and t h i r t e e n c o n t a i n e r s o f unbound m a t e r i a l
r e l a t e d t o H a r r i s s e - s w r i t i n g s . Works by o t h e r s i n c l u d e a number o f monographs by
H a r r i s s e ' s c o n t e m p o r a r i e s , t h r e e r a r e works, one p u b l i s h e d i n e a c h o f t h e
s i x t e e n t h , s e v e n t e e n t h , and e i g h t e e n t h c e n t u r i e s , and two s i x t e e n t h c e n t u r y
m a n u s c r i p t s , O r i g i n a l maps from t h i s c o l l e c t i o n a r e i n t h e Geography and Map
Div i s ion . A l i s t o f i t e m s i n t h e b e q u e s t , p repared by V i c t o r Noyne, N o t a i r e a
P a r i s , i s f i l e d a t t h e end of t h e c o l l e c t i o n , p h o t o s t a t s , 9 p.
L inea r f e e t o f s h e l f space occup ied : 25
Rosemaq Fry Plakas her ics tn Historgi Specidisl March 1987
B i o g r a p h i c a l Hote
1829, Mar. 24 Born "Henry ~ e r r i s s e " i n P a r i s , F rance
1847 Came t o t h e United S t a t e s and t a u g h t a t Mount Zion Academy, Winnsboro, S. C. ; began f r i e n d s h i p w i t h John Johnson
Honorary Master o f A r t s , Co l l ege o f Sou th C a r o l i n a ; i n s t r u c t o r i n F rench , U n i v e r s i t y of North C a r o l i n a , Chapel H i l l ; s t u d i e d l aw and wro te a r t i c l e s f o r North C a r o l i n a U n i v e r s i t y Magazine
P r o f e s s o r of French L i t e r a t u r e , Georgetown U n i v e r s i t y
1857 A t t o r n e y , Chicago, I l l .
1861 J o i n e d New York C i t y law f i r m of Nathan El l ingwood; w r o t e a r t i c l e s f o r North American Reveiew
1910, May 1 3
M e t Samuel M i t c h i l l Barlow, lawyer and book c o l l e c t o r of r a r e Americana
Pub l i shed B i b l i o t h e c a Barlowiana ( o n l y f o u r c o p i e s )
P u b l i s h e d Notes on Columbus and B i b l i o t h e c a Americana V e t u s t i s s i m a
T r a v e l e d t o P a r i s ; accep ted by French s c h o l a r s
Moved t o P a r i s ; began f r i e n d s h i p w i t h Henry Vignaud, s e c . t o U. S. l e g a t i o n , who recommended H a r r i s s e ' s l e g a l s e r v i c e s t o American businessmen
Pub l i shed D. Fernando Colon, f i r s t work i n Span i sh
P u b l i s h e d Notes . . . s u r l a Pu'c;uvelle F r a n c e , f irs t w ~ r k i n F rench , and BAY Addi t ions
P u b l i s h e d Les Corte-Reals
Pub l i shed Chr i s tophe Colomb, son O r i g i n e , s a Vie , s e s Voyages
Served on I t a l i a n commission t o p u b l i s h Columbus documents
Pub l i shed Discovery of Horth America
Pub l i shed John Cabot, t h e Discover o f North America, and S e b a s t i a n , h i s son
Died, P a r i s , France
B i o g r a p h i c a l Note
1829, Mar. 24 Born "Henry Her i s se" i n P a r i s , F rance
1847 Came t o t h e United S t a t e s and t a u g h t a t Mount Zion Academy, Winnsboro, S. C.; began f r i e n d s h i p w i t h John Johnson
Honorary Master of A r t s , Co l l ege of South C a r o l i n a ; i n s t r u c t o r i n F rench , U n i v e r s i t y of North C a r o l i n a , Chapel H i l l ; s t u d i e d l a w and wrote a r t i c l e s f o r North C a r o l i n a U n i v e r s i t y Magazine
1856 P r o f e s s o r of French L i t e r a t u r e , Georgetown U n i v e r s i t y
1857 A t t o r n e y , Chicago, Ill.
186 1 J o i n e d New York C i t y l aw f i r m of Nathan El l ingwood; w r o t e a r t i c l e s f o r Nor th American Review
1863 Met Samuel Latham M i t c h i l l Barlow, lawyer and c o l l e c t o r o f r a r e Americana
1864 P u b l i s h e d B i b l i o t h e c a Barlowiana ( o n l y f o u r c o p i e s )
1866 P u b l i s h e d Notes on Columbus and B i b l i o t h e c a Americana V e t u s t i s s i m a
1867-68 Trave led t o P a r i s ; a c c e p t e d by French s c h o l a r s
Moved t o P a r i s ; began f r i e n d s h i p w i t h Henry Vignaud, s e c r e t a r y t o U. S. l e g a t i o n , who recommended Har r i s se ' s l e g a l s e r v i c e s t o American businessmen
1871 P u b l i s h e d D. Fernando Colon, f i r s t work i n S p a n i s h
P u b l i s h e d Notes . . . s u r l a Nouvelle F r a n c e , f i r s t work i n F r e n c h , and BAV A d d i t i o n s
1883 P u b l i s h e d Les Corte-Reals
1884-85 P u b l i s h e d Chris tophe Colomb, son O r i g i n e , s a Vie , ses Voyages
1888-90 Served on I t a l i a n commission t o p u b l i s h Columbus documents
1892 Pub l i shed Discovery of North America
1896 P u b l i s h e d John Cabot, t h e Discover o f North America, and S e b a s t i a n , h i s son
1900 P u b l i s h e d Dgcouverte e t E v o l u t i o n Car tograph ique d e Terre-Neuve
1910, May 13 Died, P a r i s , France
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Scope and Content
The Henry H a r r i s s e C o l l e c t i o n documents t h e r e s e a r c h and w r i t i n g
a c t i v i t i e s of t h e Amer ican i s t Henry H a r r i s s e (1829-1910). Spanning more
than h a l f a c e n t u r y and w r i t t e n i n f i v e l anguages , Har r i s se ' s works f o c u s o n
t h e age of American d i s c o v e r y and e x p l o r a t i o n from Columbus t o 1557.
Although H a r r i s s e ' s e a r l i e s t w r i t i n g e f f o r t s were concerned w i t h a n
a r r a y of m i s c e l l a n e o u s t o p i c s i n c l u d i n g t h e phi losophy o f h i s t o r y and
e d u c a t i o n a l r e fo rm, h i s c o n c e n t r a t i o n on e a r l y Americana d a t e s from h i s
f r > i e n d s h i p w i t h Samuel Latham M i t c h i l l Barlow, beg inn ing i n 1863. Har r i s se ' s
f i r s t b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l work d e s c r i b e d Barlow's l i b r a r y o f r a r e Americana.
P u b l i s h e d p r i v a t e l y i n 1864 i n o n l y f o u r c o p i e s , B i b l i o t h e c a Barlowiana
i s one of H a r r i s s e ' s r a r e s t works. Barlow's l i b r a r y and f i n a n c i a l
encouragement a l s o a i d e d i n t h e p u b l i c a t i o n i n 1866 o f Notes on Columbus,
H a r r i s s e ' s f i r s t s u b s t a n t i a l work on C h r i s t o p h e r Columbus. Also p u b l i s h e d
t h a t y e a r was H a r r i s s e ' s monumental b i b l i o g r a p h y , B i b l i o t h e c a Americana
V e t u s t i s s i m a , which provided a d e t a i l e d a n a l y t i c a l and compara t ive d e s c r i p t i o n
of 308 works r e l a t i n g t o America pub l i shed between 1492 and 1551. Acclaimed by
h i s t o r i a n s and c o l l e c t o r s , t h e - BAV l i s t e d 250 t i t l e s p r e v i o u s l y unknown t o s c h o l a r s . I r o n i c a l l y , t h i s f i r s t of Har r i s se ' s major works was t h e l a s t t o be
p u b l i s h e d i n America. H a r r i s s e became e m b i t t e r e d w i t h American p u b l i s h e r s
who would n o t r i s k p r i n t i n g h i s works a t t h e i r own expense because they cou ld
n o t be a s s u r e d of s i g n i f i c a n t p r o f i t s . P e r i o d i c a l l y H a r r i s s e c o n t i n u e d t o
o f f e r h i s w r i t i n g s t o American p u b l i s h e r s and t o E n g l i s h p u b l i s h e r s a s
w e l l , b u t w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n of t h e works pub l i shed i n London by B. F. S t e v e n s ,
H a r r i s s e ' s works were p r i m a r i l y pub l i shed i n Europe and g e n e r a l l y a t h i s own
expense . H a r r i s s e ' s co r respondence w i t h p u b l i s h e r s and p r i n t e r s i n Engl-and,
F rance , Germany, I t a l y , S p a i n , and t h e U. S . , r e v e a l s much abou t p u b l i s h i n g
a t t i t u d e s and p r a c t i c e s d u r i n g t h e l a s t q u a r t e r o f t h e n i n e t e e n t h c e n t u r y .
Once H a r r i s s e had s e t t l e d permanent ly i n P a r i s , h i s l u c r a t i v e l e g a l
s e r v i c e s f o r wea l thy American c l i e n t s a f f o r d e d him ample t ime t o pursue h i s
r e s e a r c h and w r i t i n g . I n s i s t i n g t h a t e x h a u s t i v e b i b l i o g r a p h i c i n v e s t i g a t i o n was
a v i t a l p r e r e q u i s i t e t o sound h i s t o r i c a l w r i t i n g , H a r r i s s e scoured European
a r c h i v e s and l i b r a r i e s i n s e a r c h of documents and s i x t e e n t h c e n t u r y p r i n t e d works
r e l a t i n g t o America. Then by a p p l y i n g t h e a n a l y t i c a l s k i l l s of h i s l e g a l
t r a i n i n g t o t h e documentary e v i d e n c e he had f e r r e t e d o u t , H a r r i s s e produced an
impress ive number o f c l o s e l y argued monographs on a v a r i e t y of s u b j e c t s
r e l a t e d t o New World e x p l o r a t i o n .
By 1884 when C h r i s t o p h e Colomb was p u b l i s h e d , H a r r i s s e had s t i m u l a t e d
c o n t r o v e r s i e s on a number o f t o p i c s r e l a t e d t o Columbus, i n c l u d i n g h i s o r i g i n s ,
d a t e and p l a c e of b i r t h , h i s voyages , p l a c e of f i n a l b u r i a l , and t h e
a u t h e n t i c i t y of h i s son Ferdinand's b iography. I n t e r n a t i o n a l l y recogn ized a s
a Columbus s c h o l a r , H a r r i s s e was t h e o n l y f o r e i g n e r a p p o i n t e d t o t h e I t a l i a n
commission c r e a t e d , a t t h e s u g g e s t i o n o f H a r r i s s e , t o c o l l e c t and p u b l i s h Columbus
documents i n obse rvance of t h e q u a t e r c e n t e n a r y of t h e d i s c o v e r y of America.
Although H a r r i s s e ' s d i f f i c u l t i e s w i t h t h e commission, which a r e documented i n
t h i s c o l l e c t i o n , l e d t o h i s r e s i g n a t i o n i n 1890, H a r r i s s e c o n t i n u e d t o w r i t e
e x t e n s i v e l y on Columbus, e v e n t u a l l y p u b l i s h i n g more t h a n f o r t y s e p a r a t e
t i t l e s . T h i s c o l l e c t i o n a l s o i n c l u d e s p a r t of t h e m a n u s c r i p t , " F a s t i ~ o l u m b i n i , "
t h a t H a r r i s s e w a s p r e p a r i n g a s h i s d e f i n i t i v e word on Columbus, a s w e l l a s a n
e x t e n s i v e c l a s s i f i e d b i b l i o g r a p h y on Columbus and a n i n t e r e s t i n g g roup of
l e t t e r s , j o u r n a l a r t i c l e s , and i l l u s t r a t i o n s concerned w i t h t h e v a r i o u s
a l l e g e d Columbus p o r t r a i t s t h a t s u r f a c e d p r i o r t o t h e q u a t e r c e n t e n a r y .
H a r r i s s e ' s comprehensive e x p l o r a t i o n r e s e a r c h l e d t o s i g n i f i c a n t
p u b l i c a t i o n s on t h e C o r t e - R e d s , Verrazzano, and Vespucci , b u t a f t e r Columbus,
H a r r i s s e wrote most e x t e n s i v e l y on John and S e b a s t i a n Cabot. I n J e a n e t
S g b a s t i e n Cabot , 1882, H a r r i s s e pronounced S e b a s t i a n Cabot t o be a mas te r
of f r a u d and d e c e p t i o n . A s t h e q u a t e r c e n t e n a r y o f John Cabot's d i s c o v e r y o f
North America approached, H a r r i s s e engaged i n a n extended d e b a t e o v e r t h e e x a c t
d a t e and l a n d f a l l t h a t g e n e r a t e d numerous j o u r n a l a r t i c l e s and cu lmina ted i n
John Cabot, t h e D i s c o v e r e r of North America, and S e b a s t i a n , h i s s o n , 1897,
cqns ide red by H a r r i s s e t o be h i s b e s t work.
There i s a s u p r i s i n g l y abundant cache of g e n e a l o g i c a l and h e r a l d i c
i n f o r m a t i o n hidden i n t h i s c o l l e c t i o n . Ex tens ive g e n e a l o g i c a l documentat ion on
Columbus i n c l u d e s t r a n s c r i p t s o f I t a l i a n n o t a r i a l a c t s t h a t prove h i s
a n c e s t r y and t r a n s c r i p t s of Span i sh r e c o r d s and cor respondence r e g a r d i n g h i s
wife 's f a m i l y ( P e r e s t r e l o and Moniz), h i s son Diego's d e s c e n d a n t s (V6ragua
and To ledo) , and t h e c r e a t i o n o f h i s c o a t of arms. There a r e a l s o c h a r t s ,
t r a n s c r i p t s of documents, and l e t t e r s r e l a t e d t o t h e g e n e a l o g i e s and a r m o r i a l
b e a r i n g s of t h e Cabot , C o r t e Rea l , de Cos ta , P r 6 v o s t , and de Thou f a m i l i e s .
The H a r r i s s e C o l l e c t i o n i s ex t remely r i c h i n t h e cor respondence of i m p o r t a n t
contemporary s c h o l a r s , b i b l i o g r a p h e r s , c o l l e c t o r s , a r c h i v i s t s , and e d i t o r s t h a t
H a r r i s s e c o n s u l t e d i n t h e c o u r s e o f h i s r e s e a r c h . Major c o r r e s p o n d e n t s i n c l u d e
Samuel Latham M i t c h i l l Barlow, E. Bauvieux, L u i g i Belgrano, J . Carson B r e v o o r t ,
E r n e s t o de Canto , C o r n e l i o Desimoni, J o a g u i n G a r c i a I c a z b a l c e t a , Reinhold K a h l e r ,
John Lennox, E r n e s t Leroux, Marce l lo S t a g l i e n o , Benjamin F. S t e v e n s , Henry Vignaud,
and Gustavo U z i e i l i . Some of t h e many o t h e r s r e p r e s e n t e d i n c l u d e Armand
dOAvezac, L. Casab ianca , Samuel Dawson, E r n e s t D e s j a r d i n s , W i l b e r f o r c e Eames,
Konrad Haeb le r , J . F r a n k l i n Jameson, Henry C. Murphy, Adolph Nordenskibld ,
F r a n c i s Parkman, Lucy Toulmine Smith , and J u s t i n Winsor.
Although H a r r i s s e d i d n o t c o n s i d e r h imself t o be a c o l l e c t o r and o f t e n
c r i t i c i z e d a v a r i c i o u s c o l l e c t o r s who den ied s c h o l a r s a c c e s s t o t h e i r
l i b r a r i e s , he d i d a c q u i r e s e v e r a l r a r e i t ems u s e f u l t o h i s r e s e a r c h t h a t were
i n c l u d e d i n t h e beques t . Among t h e s e r a r e p i e c e s i s a 1511 m a n u s c r i p t l e t t e r
from P e t e r Martyr ; a manuscr ip t a c c o u n t , i n Span i sh , of a voyage of
e x p l o r a t i o n a long t h e n o r t h e r n c o a s t of South America a f t e r 1533; V a l e r i u s
F laccus ' Argonau t i con , 1519; Antonio de Remesal's H i s t o r i a Genera l de l a s
I n d i a s O c c i d e n t a l e s , 1620; and JoZo de Barros' Decada P r i m e i r a da A s i a ,
1752. Rare c a r t o g r a p h i c t r e a s u r e s , i n c l u d i n g Samuel de Champlain's 1607
ve l lum c h a r t of t h e n o r t h e a s t c o a s t of America and s e v e r a l manuscr ip t maps
b e l i e v e d t o have been drawn i n 1639 by Johannes Vingboons, a r e i n t h e
Geography and Map D i v i s i o n .
I n h i s r e sponse t o Adolph Growoll's r e q u e s t f o r b i o g r a p h i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n ,
H a r r i s s e r e p l i e d t h a t he wanted t o be known o n l y th rough h i s w r i t i n g s . While
h i s w r i t i n g s a r e indeed t h e f o c u s of t h i s c o l l e c t i o n , i t i s p o s s i b l e t o g a i n
some s e n s e of H a r r i s s e , t h e man. H i s correspondence w i t h e d i t o r s , h i s r e p l i e s t o
t h o s e who q u e s t i o n e d h i s c o n c l u s i o n s , and h i s d e a l i n g s w i t h t h e I t a l i a n commission
a l l r e v e a l a complex i n d i v i d u a l , i n t e n s e , a t t e n t i v e t o d e t a i l , and i n d e f a t i g a b l e i n
h i s s e a r c h f o r o r i g i n a l s o u r c e s , b u t f a s t i d i o u s t o a f a u l t and unreasonab ly
s u s p i c i o u s o f t h e i n t e n t i o n s o f o t h e r s . C o n t r o v e r s i a l though he was, h i s
c o l l e c t i o n u n q u e s t i o n a b l y d e m o n s t r a t e s h i s s i g n i f i c a n t c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h e
s t u d y o f American h i s t o r y and b i b l i o g r a p h y .
To g a i n a more comprehensive u n d e r s t a n d i n g of H a r r i s s e , t h i s c o l l e c t i o n
shou ld be used i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h H a r r i s s e cor respondence now i n t h e papers
o f h i s t h r e e b e s t f r i e n d s : t h e Samuel Barlow P a p e r s , New York P u b l i c L i b r a r y ;
t h e John Johnson P a p e r s , C h a r l e s t o n L i b r a r y S o c i e t y ; and t h e Henry Vignaud
P a p e r s , Clements L i b r a r y .
T h i s g u i d e t o t h e H a r r i s s e C o l l e c t i o n i s d i v i d e d i n t o f o u r p a r t s . The f i r s t
p a r t p r o v i d e s a d e t a i l e d d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e manuscr ip t m a t e r i a l and i s d i v i d e d
i n t o two s e c t i o n s , t h e f i r s t c o v e r i n g unbound m a t e r i a l and t h e second , bound
manuscr ip t volumes. The f i r s t s e c t i o n d e s c r i b e s t h i r t e e n c o n t a i n e r s of unbound
m a t e r i a l , which i n c l u d e t h r e e unpub l i shed H a r r i s s e m a n u s c r i p t s , b i b l i o g r a p h i c
n o t e s , document t r a n s c r i p t s , co r respondence , and c a r d f i l e s , c h i e f l y r e l a t e d t o
Har r i s se ' s w r i t i n g s on C h r i s t o p h e r Columbus, John and S e b a s t i a n Cabot , and t h e
Corte-Reals. The second s e c t i o n d e s c r i b e s e i g h t e e n volumes of m a t e r i a l ,
a r ranged a l p h a b e t i c a l l y by t i t l e , t h a t i n c l u d e l e t t e r s , document t r a n s c r i p t s ,
r ev iews , and pamphlets c o l l e c t e d and bound by H a r r i s s e , which t r a c e t h e h i s t o r y
of t h e w r i t i n g and p u b l i s h i n g o f t e n of h i s major works.
The second p a r t of t h e g u i d e p r o v i d e s a b i b l i o g r a p h i c d e s c r i p t i o n of e a c h
o f 54 volumes and 4 p o r t f o l i o s t h a t have r e c e i v e d o n l y minimal l e v e l
c a t a l o g i n g a s a n a r t i f i c i a l g roup ing l a b e l e d [Misce l l aneous c o l l e c t i o n ] E101.H33.
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i n t h e H a r r i s s e C o l l e c t i o n , a r r a n g e d a l p h a b e t i c a l l y by t i t l e , and p r o v i d e s h o l d i n g s
i n f o r m a t i o n on m u l t i p l e c o p i e s , a s w e l l a s d e s c r i p t i o n s of s i g n i f i c a n t i n t e r l e a v e d
m a t e r i a l . The f o u r t h p a r t l i s t s t h e works by o t h e r s c o n t a i n e d i n t h i s c o l l e c t i o n ,
a r ranged a l p h a b e t i c a l l y by a u t h o r , and i n c l u d e s o f f p r i n t s i n s e r t e d o r bound i n
volumes by H a r r i s s e , a s w e l l a s s e p a r a t e volumes.
Throughout t h i s g u i d e c e r t a i n a b b r e v i a t i o n s have been used a s f o l l o w s :
HH f o r Henry H a r r i s s e ; CC f o r C h r i s t o p h e r Columbus; - BAV f o r B i b l i o t h e c a Americana Ve tus t i s sma; and BFS f o r Benjamin F r a n k l i n S tevens .
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Adams, Randolph G . Three Amer ican i s t s : Henry H a r r i s s e , b i b l i o g r a p h e r ; George B r i n l e y , book c o l l e c t o r ; Thomas J e f f e r s o n , l i b r a r i a n . P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1939.
Binayan, Narcisco. Henry H a r r i s s e . Buenos A i r e s , 1923.
C o r d i e r , Henr i . "Henry H a r r i s s e (1829-1910)," i n h i s M6langes Am6ricaines. P a r i s , 1913.
G o f f , F r e d e r i c k R. "Henry H a r r i s s e : Amer ican i s t , " Inter-American Review of B ib l iography 3 (Jan. -Apri l 1953): 3-10.
Growoll , Adolph. Henry H a r r i s s e , B i o g r a p h i c a l and B i b l i o g r a p h i c a l Ske tch . Mew York, 1899.
Rosenblum, Joseph. "Two A m e r i c a n i s t s : Samuel L. M. Barlow and Henry H a r r i s s e , t t American Book C o l l e c t o r 6 (Mar.-April 1985): 14-25.
Sanz Lopez, Car los . Henry H a r r i s s e (1829-1910). Madrid, 1958.
Stephenson, Richard W. "The Henry H a r r i s s e C o l l e c t i o n o f P u b l i c a t i o n s , P a p e r s , and Maps P e r t a i n i n g t o t h e E a r l y E x p l o r a t i o n of America," T e r r a e I n c o g n i t a e 16 (1984): 37-55.
U . S. L i b r a r y of Congress. Repor t of the L i b r a r i a n of Congress . . . f o r t h e F i s c a l Year end ing June 30, 1915. Washington, 1915. p. 31-35.
Vignaud, Henry. Henry H a r r i s s e ; Etude Bib l iograph ique e t Morale avec l a B i b l i o g r a p h i e C r i t i q u e de s e s E c r i t s . P a r i s , 1912.
Part I, A, mnuscripts,
F a s t i Columbini , 1446-1494. C o n t a i n e r s 1-3.
Manuscr ip t i n 13 f o l d e r s , p repared f o r p u b l i c a t i o n by Henry H a r r i s s e i - -z -ea f te r Eli) between j.892 and 14 16 ail3 Id5r;Led "by, 1,'"ascd rirj a -ough 5 - t - r n e that YF had pvcpa*ed In i b b h - 9 ~ or: facts and docune~ti a b o u t Christopher Columbus ( h e r e a f t e r CC) and a l s o i n c l u d i n g m a t e r i a l from Chr i s tophe Golomb, 1884. E l l 1 .H3. See a l s o I t i n e r a i r e de Colomb. El01 .H33, v. 1 ,
Con ta ine r 1 ( 5 f o l d e r s )
F o l d e r : S y n o p s i s f P i e c e s J u s t i f i c a t i v e s de L ' In t roduc t ion
Notebook: E a s t i Columbini Synopsis . 40 p. P a r i s , 1906-7. O u t l i n e i n n i n e p a r t s and a l i s t of twe lve a p p e n d i c e s , a r ranged i n 23 f o l d e r s , D e s c r i b e s H H " s "Box 11," 1494-1505 ( f o l d e r s 14-23), which was n o t r e c e i v e d .
Envelope: P i e c e s J u s t i f i c a t i v e s de L ' In t roduc t ion Benjamin F r a n k l i n S t e v e n s t o HH, Nov. 1892-Mar, 1893, 6 l e t t e r s . Re p u b l i c a t i o n o f C h r i s t o p h e r Columbus' Book of P r i v i l e g e s and F a s t i Columbini . HN had submi t t ed o v e r one hundred pages t o BFS b e f o r e Dec. 1892 and i n Mar. 1893 HH was working on 1497 m a t e r i a l . BFS though t F a s t i C o l m b i n i would be one of HH's most v a l u a b l e p u b l i c a t i o n s (BFS . 20, 1893). There is no e x p l a n a t i o n as to why i t was hed b e f o r e BFS d i e d i n 1902.
Also i n c l u d e s sample t i t l e page f o r F a s t i Columbini w i t h [London, B. F. S t e v e n s , 18341 l i n e d o u t ; copy of Wm. E v e r e t t t o BFS, Dec. 1 4 , 1892, r e mys te ry CC codex; and P. V i o l l e r t o HH, A p r i l 24 , 1905, r e d a t e o f CC's b i r t h ,
F o l d e r 1 : I n t r o d u c t i o n , s o u r c e s , CC's a n c e s t r y , b i r t h , and e a r l y l i f e i n I t a l y , 104 p.
I n t r o d u c t i o n : h i s t o r y of H H O s CC r e s e a r c h , 1887-1906. HH had burned t h e e d i t e d CC documents and e x t e n s i v e a n a l y s i s he had p r e p a r e d f o r t h e I t a l i a n c o m i s s i o n on Columbus p u b l i c a t i o n s , BFS encouraged HH t o p r e p a r e f o r p u b l i c a t i o n t h e rougher o u t l i n e o f f a c t s and documents t h a t he had r e t a i n e d , 6 p,
E a r l y Sources : Columbus i n I t a l y . 1446/7-1473. 48 p , I n c l u d e s a n a l y s i s of Ferdinand Columbus" H i s t o r i e , J u s t i n i a n i , F e - r e r i , S a l i n e - i o , B e l l e r o , Staglieno, and 32 G e n ~ e s e d o c t ~ c ~ z t s .
A n c e s t o r s : ch rono logy and g e n e a l o g i c a l c h a r t s based on n o t a r i a l a c t s . Summary: Columbus' g r a n d f a t h e r Giovanni moved t o @ i n t o town n e a r Genos f rom Koconesi i n Fontanabuona Valley in L i g u r i a n Alps e a s t o f GEtnoa b e f o r e 1418. H i s son Domenico was born i n Quinto i n
1418 and a p p r e n t i c e d i n Genoa i n 1429 as a wool weaver . Domenico l a t e r m a r r i e d Susanna F o n t a n a r o s s a o f Bisagno V a l l e y , v i l l a g e g u e z z i . ( I n c o r p o r a t e s i m p o r t a n t f i n d s S t a g l i e n o made i n s e a r c h i n g Genoese and Savonese r e c o r d s da ted p r i o r t g 1457. )
31-rc c a t e a n d place and e a - i j i l f e , 34 p, Sumary: Columbus was born i n GEtnoa, e x a c t d a t e u n k n o m , between 1447 and 1456. CC's w r i t i n g s a r e c o n f l i c t i n g . He was born i n a house on O l i v e S t r e e t ( n o t e x t a n t ) ; l i v e d i n house on Vico D r i t t o P o n t i c e l l o a f t e r 1455. H i s f a t h e r l e f t f o r Savona i n 1470. CC went on c o a s t i n g voyage, 1470; e x p e d i t i o n t o T u n i s n o t l i k e l y p r i o r t o 1480 . I n c l u d e s S tag l i eno ' s r e p o r t on I t a l i a n m a j o r i t y and t r a n s l a t i o n f o r BFStevens, 2 p.12 p.
F o l d e r 2 : I n P o r t u g a l , 1477-1484. 24 p.
S u m ~ a r y : CC l e f t I t a l y a b o u t 1476. He was i n Lisbon i n 1479 where h i s b r o t h e r Bartholomew made maps and c h a r t s . CC m a r r i e d F e l i p P e r e s t r e l l o e Moniz a f t e r 1473 and b e f o r e 1480. Diego was born i n Lisbon a b o u t 1477. CC l e f t h i s w i f e and c h i l d - e n behind and went t o S p a i n i n 1484. He began cor respondence w i t h F l o r e n t i n e as t ronomer Pao lo Toscane lZ i , CC s e n t a g l o b e and asked T o s c a n e l l i t h e way t o Cathay by t h e wes t (Sep t . 79-Nay 82) . CC was i n Guinea many t imes b e f o r e 1484. Mother Susanna F o n t a n a r o s s a d i e d i n Savona b e f o r e Sep t . 1484 .
F o l d e r 3: Ante 1 . C o l u ~ b u s / ~ o s c a n e l l i co r respondence , b o o k l e t i n F rench , 11 p ,
Notes abou t CC"s a n n o t a t i o n o f h i s books, i n c l u d i n g works by P i e r r e DOAi l ly and Marco Polo ( P i p i n o ) .
F o l d e r 4 : I n S p a i n , 1485-1492. 67 p,
Chronology and q u o t e s from Ferdinand Columbus, Las C a s a s , Mavarre te , and o t h e r s .
Summa-y: CC a r r i v e s i n S p a i n , 1485-85; f i r s t s u b s i d y from L s a b e l l a , Nay 1487. Kov, 1487 w i t h B e a t r i x Enr iquez ( i l l e g i t i m a t e son Fernando born i n Aug. 5488) . April-May 1488 i n Lisbon on p e r s o n a l b u s i n e s s , May-June 1489 a t c o u r t a t Co-doua, 1490-1491 a t Duke of MedinaOs house a t P u e r t a d e S a n t a Maria; Nov. 1491-Jan. 1 4 9 2 a t monastery c f La Waslda, w a i t i n g f o r r e p l y f r o a Z s a b e l l a , encouraged by F a t h e r J u a n Perez . Dec 1491 CC i n t e r v i e w w i t h Ferdinand and I s a b e l l a and a s s e m b l i e s of i n f l u e n t i a l men a t Granada; J a n . 1492 , CC w i t n e s s e s suFrender of G-anada---?lo3-is'r; K i ~ g s u r r e n d e r s Alhambra. F r a n c e , England, and P o r t u g a l i n t e r e s t e d i n CC"s p r o j e c t and s e r v i c e s he o f f e r e d , C a p i t u l a t i o n , A p r i l 1492 ( o r i g i n a l a t Simancas); t e rms : Admiral, Viceroy, t e n t h o f goods , e i g h t h e x p e n c e s l e i g h t h p r o f i t s , Mey 1492 , town of P a l o s t o s u p p l y two caravels ( a p e n a l t y f o r misdeeds) and s u p p l i e s and pay crew- 3f egc e n t - u s t e d to Juan Rod'igilez C a b e z u d ~ 2nd Xa't i r i SZFZ t l e ~ , 3-iesi: at FZague',
C o n t a i n e r 2 ( 5 f o l d e r s )
F o l d e r 5 : F i r s t Voyage, 1492-1493. 109 p.
Sources : CC's o r i g i n a l j o u r n a l went t o Diego and t h e n t o Diego"s son L u i s , who i n 1554 had pe rmiss ion t o p u 5 l i s h i t w i t h i n t e n yea-5, b u t d ~ d n o t ; i t was s u b s e q u e n t l y Issr, t a s Cskas p r o b a b l y saw a copy made f o r or by F e r d i n a n d , Las Casas made a m a n u s c r i p t abr idgement which he used Ln K i s t o r i a . H e sometimes added c o m e n t s o f h i s own t h a t a r e n 0 t a lways d i s t i n g u i s h a b l e . N a v e r r e t e p u b l i s h e d a c o l l a t e d t e x t i n 1791, comparing Las Casas" m s abr idgement and a copy, b o t h from Duke of Ossu5a"s l i b r a r y , HH used copy f rom Ossuiia's codex i n Las Casas" hand, then i n t h e E a t i o n a l L i b r a r y a t Madrid, r e t a i n i n g o r i g i n a l p u n c t u a t i o n , b u t he keyed n o t e s t o Naverre te ' s page numbers. E x t r a c t s from Ferd inand Columbus' N i s t o r i e and Las Casas' K i s t o r i a a re from a comple te t r a n s c r i ~ t of he j o u r n a l t e x t , HH's n o t e s on C C " s J o u r n a l , keyed t o K a v e r r e t e p a g i n a t i o n a r e i n two b l u e b o o k l e t s , 1 5 / 2 1 p . , i n French, I n f i r s t b o o k l e t , p. 13, HH s a y s CC's l a n d f a l l i n Bahamas can n o t be a b s o l u t e l y de te rmined ; summarizes c a n d i d a t e i s l a n d s o f f e r e d by v a r i o u s s c h o l a r s .
A n a l y s i s of voyage, 30 p, Columbus l e f t P a l c s , F r i d a y , Aug. 3 , 1492, w i t h t h r e e s h i p s o f s m a l l tonnage, poor m a s t s , l e a k y because n o t p r o p e r l y c a u l k e d , and a t l e a s t 103 men. L e f t Gomera, T e n e r i f f e , C a n a r i e s on S e p t . 6 , a t s e a u n t i l Oct, 1 1 , when CC saw l i g h t s bobbing. Rodr igo de T r i a n a was f i r s t t o s i g h t l a n d from t h e P i n t a a t 2 a.m., F r i d a y , Oct , 12 . L a n d f a l l i s l a n d c a l l e d Guanahani by I n d i a n s , San Sa lvador by CG, i n Lucayes , Bahamas. Desc r ibed a s l e v e l , g r e e n , w i t h l a r g e l a g o o n , surrounded by a r e e f w i t h narrow e n t r a n c e t o deep h a r b o r r l a r g e enough f o r a l l t h e s h i p s i n Christendom, Kki s a y s none o f t h e i s l a n d s sugges ted as l a n d f a l l meet t h i s d e s c r i p t i o n , See CC(1884), 1:441-54, where he s a y s Sauiana (Pox) f i t s t h e - d e s c r i p t i o n b e s t . CC named S a n t a Maria d e l a Concep t ion , Fe rnand ina , and I s a b e l l a , b e f o r e a r r i v i n g a t Cuba Oc t , 28. Pinzon l e f t Nov. 21 t o s e e k g o l d w i t h o u t CC"s o r d e r s and was n o t s e e n u n t i l Dec. 27 i n H i s p a n i o l a . On k c . 5 CC d e c i d e d Cuba was n o t a c o n t i n e n t ; Dec. 6 a r r i v e d a t H i s p a n i o l a , which was l i k e a Span i sh p l a i n , I n d i a n s c a l l e d i t Bohio. Dec, 13 , f i r s t sweet p o t a t o ; Dee. 24-25 CC l o s t flag s h i p S a n t a s fa r i a on a reef a t Pun ta S a n t a , H i s p a n i o l a ,
2493. CG b u i l t f o r t at Yavidad and l e f t t h i r t y men, Friday, J a n , 4 , l e f t H i s p a n i o l a . J a n . 6 met P i n z o ~ , J a n , 16 began "etcm, Feb, 14 seve re s t o r m at s e a , CC p u r pa-ch-ent acecu?t overboard i n b a r r e l , Feb, 15 o f f Canary i s l a n d , CC w r o t e l e t t e r accoun t t o L u i s de S a n t a n g e l of Aragon; Feb, 18-22 S a n t a Maria i n Azores; Mar. 4-8 i n R a s a t e l l o , P o - t u g a l , wrote Fe-dlnacd aod Isabella; fh~. 9-11 a t V a l p a r a i s o w i t h King of P o r t u g a l ; Mar . 15 r e t u r n e d t o P a l o s ,
Companions, 14 p. HH l i s t s 100 men mentioned i n l o g , r o g a t o r y commissions, a c c o u n t s o f Las Casas and Oviedo, n e c r o l o g i c a l r o l l o f Navidad (40) . D i s c r e p a n c i e s w i t h Las Casas" count of 90 may be e x p l a f n e d by c a u l k e r s and s a i l o r s who r a n o f f a f t e r be ing p a i d June 23, i 492 .
Sct;s t n consult, CC ( i884), p, 4C5-416, hc z ~ i i y ann3 t a c e d ; - ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ - , - 'e. y of K o r t h .air ie~ics, p, 663-667.
F o l d e r 6: Accounts o f t h e F i r s t Voyage (mos t ly i n ~ r e n c h ) . 36 p . and t h r e e p r i n t e d t e x t s .
I n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h e Span ish t e x t s : Only s u r v i v i n g o r i g i n a l n a r r a t i v e s by CC a r e l e t t e r s t o Steward o f House o f Aragon [ S a n t a n g e l ] and t o Sanchez, which were w r i t t e n h u r r i e d l y whi le f e a r i n g shipwreck and a r e v i r t u a l l y t h e same. Discusses s e v e r a l Spanish manuscr ip t t e x t s of t h e Columbus l e t t e r , i n c l u d i n g t h e Ambrosanian, B a r c e l o n i a n , Simancas, Cuenca (BE s a y s s p u r i o u s ) , and Be tna ldez t e x t s .
F o l d e r 7 : L a t i n T r a n s l a t i o n o f Columbus' own Account; Roman E d i t i o n s . 30 p, and t h r e e f a c s i m i l e t e x t s ,
Sanchez-s l e t t e r t r a n s l a t e d by deCosco from S p a n i s h t o L a t i n and pub l i shed by Plannck ( F a c s i m i l e A) and c o r r e c t e d (Facs fmi ie B). HH d i s c u s s e s o t h e r e d i t i o n s and f i s t s l o c a t i o n of known c o p i e s of v a r i o u s e d i t i o n s . Compares two Plannck and S i l b e r ( t h i r d Roman) e d i t i o n s , and i n c l u d e s t h r e e f a c s i m i l e t e x t s , Within n i n e months o f r e t u r n CC's account was p r i n t e d 14 t imes i n Span ish , C a t a l a n , and L a t i n ; h i s t o r i a n s and chron ic le r s -p7ere s i l e n t ; then w i t h i n a y e a r a f t e r CC's d e a t h , d i s c o v e r y o f t h e new world was a t t r i b u t e d t o Vespucci .
F o l d e r 8 : P r o p a g a t i o n of t h e N e w s o f Discovery. 33 p.
Span ish r o y a l r e s p o n s e , March 30, 1493.
I n n o r t h e r n I t a l y : L e t t e r s t o F lo rence , Milan, Venice; no ev idence i n a r c h i v e s o f how news f i r s t r eached Genoa. Pope knew by A p r i l 18.
Aaang h i s t o r i a n s and p o e t s . P e t e r K a r t y r DCAnghiera"s Decades (1501) , Angel0 T r l v i g i a n s ' s t r a n s l a t i o n o f Wartyr i n t o I t a l i a n (15!1), Antonio de Aspa's translation, ante 1 5 2 4 , which a ~ p e n b q an accoun t o f first m y a g e that i s o l d e s t a f t e r C C " s l e t t e r s and i d e n t i f i e s Genovese merchaa t s t h a t i n v e s t e d i n C C O s e i g h t h i n t e r e s t (Giacomo d e Negro of S e v i L l e , L u i g i Do-ia o f Cadiz , and Ca~atel of Xeres).
I n Germany: J o b s t Ruchamer and Henning G h e t e l , Nuremberg, 1508. Mart in Waldseemtlller proposed name "America" i n 1507. Henr ich S te inhowel , F r a n k f o r t , f.5311'1535,
I n France : Three e d i t i o n s of C C O s l e t t e r p u b l i s h e d i n 1493 by Guyot Marchan t; t h e n y e a r s e l a p s e d b e f o r e ment ion by h i s t o r i a n Crignon, D e s c r i p t i o n , 1531.
I n Ne ther lands : No p u b l i c a t i o n e x c e p t r e p r i n t o f P lannck i n 1493 and poec i n 1525, E n g l i s h c h r o n i c l e s do n o t speak of America b e f o r e 1550 (Ruts e x p e d i t i o n of 1 5 2 7 ) .
Poland: Vespbcz i m e n t i o n e d in 1512; CC no t a c t i l 1554.
NH s a y s i t was c h i e f l y CC's n a r r a t i v e t o G a b r i e l Sanchez (de Cosco's L a t i n v e r s i o n ) t h a t s u p p l i e d r e a d i n g p u b l i c w i t h news i n I t a l y , Germany, F rance , and S w i t z e r l a n d . No a t t e n t i o n pa id t o l a t e r voyages because p romises o f f i r s t accoun t ( s p i c e s and g o l d ) were n o t r e a l i z e d . Vespucci e c l i p s e d CC f o r two c e n t u r i e s due t o h i s s t y l e and d e s c r i p t i o n s . But of 90 works p u b l i s h e d b e f o r e 1510 ment ion ing t h e newly d i scave-ed c o u n t - i e s , n e a r l y 4Q were p r i n t e d i n I t a l y , where i n t e r e s t was he igh tened because o f t h e e f f e c t a s h o r t e r r o u t e t o As ia would have on t h e i r t r a d e monopoly t h e r e .
F o l d e r 9: Contemporary Repor t s . 8 5 p.
Compares Martyr's F i r s t Decade ( L a t i n t e x t , 1511) w i t h 1530 v a r i a t i o c s ; Mar ty r l e t t e r s , 1493 L a t i n t r a n s l a t i o n s and n o t e s ; M a l i p i e r o t e x t ; J a n u a r i u s t e x t ; J u s t i n i a n i (Notes on Columbus); compares Antonio G a l l o and Bartolomeo Senarega; Luca F a n c e l l i ; MS of de F e r r a r e .
C o n t a i n e r 3 ( 4 f o l d e r s )
F o l d e r 10: Second - Voyage Sources . 88 p.
Compares H i s t o r i e and H i s t o r i a , s i m i l a r , bu t l a t t e r n o t n e c e s s a r i l y c o p i e d from former . Las Casas may have s e e n a n o r i g i n a l CC d i a r y , a s w i t h t h e f i r s t voyage. E x t e n s i v e comparison o f passages .
D r . ChancaPs accoun t . Copy o f l e t t e r made i n f i r s t q u a r t e r o f 1 6 t h c e n t u r y found i n Antonio de Aspa's papers . Chanca was p h y s i c i a n on t h e voyage, s t a y e d i n H i s p a n i o l a .
Peter Kaptyr 's E p i s t l e s and Decades, In fo rmar ion gathered f r o a c o n t e m p o r a r i e s and e y e w i t n e s s e s . L a t i n t r a n s l a t i o n s o f n i n e l e t t e r s and NH n o t e s ,
kndres Be-na ldez , "Curate of Los Palac ios f ' c h r o n i c l e r , based on c o n v e r s a t i o n s o r l o s t w r i t i n g s of CC and Chanca and o t h e r w i t n e s s e s . Compares Berna ldez , Martyr , Las Casas , and Ferdinand ..-, ~ ~ j l i l r r ? ~ : ~
Simon Verde's l e t t e r s from V a l l a d o i d t o N i c o l i s i n F l o r e n c e , 1493-1494. Based on T o r r e s and eye w i t n e s s e s r e t u r n i n g w i t h him, i n I t a l i a n , t r a n s . t o French. Discovered i n 1875 among M a c h i a v e l l i papers . F i r s t t o d e s c r i b e p a r r o t s and massac re o f S p a n i s h l e f t i n H i s p a n i o l a . E x t r a c t s o f FL, and Eng, t r a n s ,
Michele d e Cuneo. E x t r a c t s o f l e t t e r p u r p o r t e d l y w r i t t e n by Cuqe- in 1 d 9 5 , bared n n ~ e - s o n z i expe-ie-ices on ;he s ~ c o n d v c y a g e ,
* * Faun? by D-, 4 1 i ~ d n G u e - - i n i in Rcicgva ~ r : b . library in I885 (bequeathed by Zanetti in 1780, a s part of a document collection c o p i e d by I t a l i a n s c h o l a r known a s "Black P f a n u s c ~ i p t s " ) . HE: "Beware ! " P l a u s i b l e b u t s u s p i c i o u s .
Also a n a l y s i s and e x t r a c t s from o t h e r s o u r c e s i n c l u d i n g Nicho las S c y l l a c i o , M o r e l e t t o Ponzone, F rancesco Tranched ino , Oviedo, and S t r o z z i .
F o l d e r 11: Genera l Account, Second Voyage, 1493. 120 p,
I n t r o d u c t i o n i n French.
F l e e t : Compares s o u r c e s , e x t r a c t s and t r a n s . ; Martyr most e x a c t , L i s t s f o u r v e s s e l s (Nina o r S a n t a C l a r a - - -9 San J u a n , C a r d e r a , G a l l e g a ) o f s e v e n t e e n i n f l e e t , --
Companions: a b o u t 1500 men. WN l i s t s 170, o n l y one o f which was on t h e f i r s t voyage. CC b e i n g a b l e t o s e l e c t , p r e f e r r e d n o t t o have t r o u b l e a a k e r s from f i r s t voyage. B i o g r a p h i c a l s k e t c h e s , a l p h a b e t i c a l l y ( i n F r , ) , and s l i p s w i t h name s o u r c e .
P r i e s t s : l i s ts seven o f twe lve ; f i r s t mass c e l e b r a t e d by F a t h e r Bernardo B o i l .
Coa t of Arms: Granted May 20, 1493. From Notes re P a r i s and Genoa c o d i c e s , CC modi f i ed arms on h i s o m , u s i n g r o y a l t i n c t u r e s r a t h e r than t h o s e g r a n t e d i n l e t t e r s p a t e n t . Also added a n c h o r s and c r e a t e d h i s own arms f o r one q u a d r a n t . Plot t o a p o c r y p h a l .
Chronology o f voyage: S a i l e d from Cadiz S e p t . 25; l e f t F e r r o , C a n a r i e s , Oc t . 13; a t s e a u n t i l Nov. 3; l a n d f a l l Dominica ( ~ e s e a d a ) ; v i s i t e d o t h e r i s l a n d s i n c l u d i n g Guadeloupe, V i r g i n I s l a n d s , P u e r t o Rico; e x p l o r e d c o a s t of H i s p a n i o l a ; f i r s t mass a t La Navidad by F a t h e r B o l l (Pope's d e l e g a t e ) on Dec. 1 ; founded town of L s a b e l l a ; CC s i c k , Dec, 11, 1493-Kar, 1 2 , ! & 9 4 .
Folder I?: Second Voyage, t h i r d part, 1494, 90 F,
Antonio T o r ~ e s ' i n s t r u c t i o n s f o r return w i c h t w e l v e s h i p s , J a n . 1494, I n French and E n g l i s h w i t h p r i n t e d Span i sh copy, 16 p, Memoir on L ine of Demarcation, French a n a l y s i s and n o t e s o f F a t i o , E n g l i s h a n a l y s i s : C C ' s r e s p r ~ s e r e l i n e o f Zenarcation t o Ferdinand and I s a b e l l a n o t e x t a n t . CC d i d n o t acknowledge 100 l e a g u e c o n c e s s i o n of 270 l e a g u e s a t T o r d e s i l l a s . T o r r e s l e f t f s a b e l l a , Feb. 2 , 1494; CC e x p l o r e d Cuba and d i s c o v e r e d Jamaica; June 1 2 , 1494, CC r e q u i r e d o a t h from companions t h a t Cuba was
a c o n t i n e n t ; Jamaica , H i s p a n i o l a , I s a b e l l a , Sep t . 94-Feb. 95, CC s i c k , met Bartholomew a f t e r s i x yea r s ' s e p a r a t i o n .
F o l d e r 13: Second Voyage, 1495-96. 36 p.
CC wro te t o Ferdinand and I s a b e l l a of h i s e a r l y n a v a l e x p e d i t i o n in Yeiift l-e--anea- i n s e - v i c e of K i n g h r . ' e 9 I Anjoii. Feh. 1455 T d - - e s l e f t aga in wirh ~ U ( J i n d i s r * a to be s a i d as s l a v e s i n S e v i i l e . Mar. 1655, B a t t l e of La Vega, I n d r a n s s l a u g h t e r e d , April-Dec. , war a g a i n s t I n d i a n s i n H i s p a n i o l a . Feb. 1496, Ba-tholomew a p p o i n t e d Governor of t h e I n d i e s . Account of n a t i v e r e l i g i o n and customs by Ramon Pane. Mar. 1 0 , 1496, CC l e f t I s a b e l l a on Nina f o r Spa in . A p r i l 20, l e f t Guadaloupe. May 20, - compass v a r i a t i o n s (CC n o t d i s c o v e r e r o f d e c l i n a t i o n o f n e e d l e o r d e t e r m i n i n g l o n g i t u d e a t s e a ) , CC a r r i v e d a t Cad iz , J u n e 11, 1496. I n s t r u c t i o n t o Bartholomew Columbus, June 1 3 , 1496.
C h r i s t o p h e r Columbus P o r t r a i t s , C o n t a i n e r 4.
F o l d e r 5: Pamphlets and j o u r n a l a r t i c l e s . 5 i t ems .
Wm. E. C u r t i s , "The Columbus P o r t r a i t s , " Cosmopoli tan (1892) 12:259-267, 409-420, A l f r e d H a r r i s s e , k c , I841 l e t t e r t i p p e d i n . WH n o t e : " P l a g a r i z e d from . . . Espana y P o r t ~ g a l . ' ~
vk - i . E. C u r t i r , Gkt- ls topner Col~mbus: h i s Po-t-z,ts and h i s Eonurnents (Chicago, W. H. Lowdermilk Co., 1893. 7 2 p e l ,
Char les P, Daly, "Have we a p o r t r a i t of Columbus?" R e p r i n t e d from American GEiographical S o c i e t y B u l l e t i n 25 (1893. 6 3 p.)
Gustave Devron, "Les P o r t r a i t d e Colomb," LPAthE?n6e L o u i s i a n a i s 4(Mai 1893) 384-396 and 26 p o r t r a i t s . I n s c r i b e d by t h e a u t h o r .
F rancesco F o s s a t i , 11 Pluseo Gioviano e il r i t r a t t o do C r i s t o f o r o Colombo. R e p r i n t e d from P e r i o d i c o d e l i a S o c i e t g S t o r i c a Comense 9 (1892. 38 p.) With May 1 2 , 1893 l e t t e r f rom t h e a u t h o r .
Renan's Song of Songs. Con ta ine r 5, F o l d e r 1 .
"The Song of Songs w i t h an Essay o n t h e p l a n , t h e age and c h a r a c t e r o f t h e poem, by E r n e s t Renan, member of t h e I n s t i t u t e o f F r a n c e , l i t e r a l l y t r a n s l a t e d w i t h a b i o g r a p h i c a l i n t r o b u c r i o n , n o t e s and a bibliotM*=&antici by Henry H a r r i s s e , New York, 1864 ( ! I "
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P r e f a c e , 14 p,; Essay , 147 p. ; T r a n s l a t i o n , 32 p.; B i o g r a p h i c a l i n t r o d u c t i o n and b i b l i o g r a p h y , 65 p. Mss never p u b l i s h e d . HH s a y s "This i s what i s l e f t o f t h e rough copy. The M s w i t h t h e B i b l i o t h e c a - C a n t i c i were s e n t t o ~ r u b n e r and t h e y n e v e r were r e t u r n e d t o m e . I t
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I n c l u d e s t h r e e l e t t e r s from Trubner & Co., London p u b l i s h e r s , 1866, 1870, and 1889.
F i c h e s de l a B i b l i o t e c a Colombina, 1887. C o n t a i n e r 5 , F o l d e r s 2 & 3.
Manuscr ip t b i b l i o g r a p h i c n o t e s on 1 6 t h c e n t u r y works i n F rench and I t a l i a n , i n severa l . a l p h a b e t i c a l a r rangements , h e 3 i n E x e e r p t a Coi~rnbir i iana (1887) Ziiil2.fi31 and i n t h r e e a r t - i c i e s : '%raadeur e t Dgcadence de l a ColomSinel' (18851, 2832.S83; '"a Golombine e t
, ,ar s La Colombine ! '' Clernet Marot" (11886), 2832,S831125 1886; and "Tou4-. (1897), Zb32,S83337.
Correspondence and Notes r e John and S e b a s t i a n Cabot. C o n t a i n e r 5 .
F o l d e r 1 : B a u v i e u x / F l e u r i a i s Correspondence, 1893-1894,
Dec. 1893 l t r recommending Admiral F l e u r i a i s , Chef du S e r v i c e Hydrographique, M i n i s t e c e de l a Ma-ine, a s b e s t q u a l i f i e d t o e v a l u a t e Cabri tes theo-ies. F o u ~ Flea-iaLs it--& to Hki iind i Hii cri;)v t t u Ficu-;air;; f o u - :t-s, f - o r Lt, E. Baub7ieux, L t . d e Va i s scau ; one u a d a t e d i t ? . f - o c D i r e c t i o n d e s musees natlonaux, Louvre.
F o l d e r 2 : Documents Hydrographiques
Note r e l a t i v e B d e s documents Nau t iques du X V L e S i P c l e e t de l a f i n du XVe S i s c l e . 4 p. Re magne t i c v a r i a t i o n , i n E. Bauvieux's hand. 4 p ,
T r a d u c t i o n du T e x t e No. 1-4 & Note. 13 p. Signed E , Bauvieux, Mar. 30, 1894,
Proof s h e e t s f o r HW"s John Cabo t , 1896, S y l l a b u s , LIII-LV, LXVI (1544) E129.ClH2
Seven pages o f F r . t r a n s c r i p t i o n s i n HH's hand w i t h s o u r c e s p e n c i l e d i n margin ( i n c l u d i n g Humboldt, Sanu to , and H a k l u y t ) .
F i v e s m a l l pages o f manuscr ip t n o t e s ,
F o l d e r 3: S e b a s t i a n Cabot-s Method o f Betermining Longi tude a t Sea by D e c l i n a t i o n o f t h e Sun.
%--&we - -e- Page proof f o r John Cabot , 1896, p, 302-305. Dorthea Klumpke's t r a n s l a t i o n and p r i n t e r ' s copy f o r above, 15 p.
( S a n t a Cruze m s c r i t i c i z i n g Cabot's t h e o r y a s based:on f a l s e a s t ronon t i ca l i d e a s ) .
Notes r e d e c l i n a t i o n o f t h e sun; Bauvieux n o t e s , 8 p.; n o t e s i n HH"s hand i n French , 2 p.
F o l d e r 4: Magnet ic D e v i a t i o n : n o t e s and documents
HH's p r i n t e r s copy g i v i n g B a u v i e u x " ~ e x p l a n a t i o n o f Cabot's t h e o r y of t h e v a r i a t i o n o f t h e magne t i c n e e d l e , 3 p.
Notes: m i s c e l l a n e o u s n o t e s by KR and o t h e r s , 7 p.; WH's p r i n t e r ' s copy, 7 p.
Docume~ts : Photo o f 1533 l e t t e r ; French t r a n s c r i p t s of two P e t e r Ma-tyr docunen t s , 7 / 2 2 p , ; th-ee t r a n s c r i p t s of 7 / 3 / 2 p,; t r a n s c r i p t of R~sefontanss, Chronicon, 1561-1, Lp.
F o l d e r 5: R e f u t a t i o n of Dawson, 1897, r e Magnetic V a r i a t i o n and Cabo t L a n d f a l l
E . Bauvieux, 13 l e t t e r s , Mar. 1897-Jun. 1898, r e c a l c u l a t i o n of l i n e a r d e v i a t i o n of Cabot's c o u r s e and magnet ic c u r v e ,
Bauvleux Notes
Quelques d g f i n i t i o n s r e l a t i v e s 2 l a s d i r e c t i o n de 1 ° a i g u i l l e a imantge , 10 p.
Note r e l a t i v e d l a p a r t i e i n t i t u l g e " V a r i a t i o n of t h e Compass" ("Voyages of t h e Cabo t s , " by S.E. Dawson, p, 1581, 13 p.
Note s u r l a p r o p o r t i o n n a l i t e d e s 6 c a r t s l i n e a i r e s e t d e s t a n g e n t e s d e s a n g l e s d 'gcarrs , 3 p.
Note r e l a t i v e aux f e n i l l e s c i - j o i n t e s , 4 p.
Kote r e l a t i v e au p o i n t d ' a t t e r r i s s a g e de 3ean Cabot s u r l e C o n t i n e n t A m g r i c a i r s , d a n s l e premier Voyage de l e Kav iga teur e n 1497. 4 p.
Misce l l aneous Bauvieux n o t e s , 14 p.
BH t o Bauvieux, A p r i l 28 and May 5, 5898, w i t h e x t e n s i v e n o t e s .
HH d r a f t m s r e f u t i n g Dawson, 4 p. (Forum a r t i c l e , June 1897). Laws o f s e c u l a r motion n o t w e l l enough known t o e n a b l e i n f e r e n c e from Columbus' v a r i a t i o n o g t h e v a r i a t i o n of Cabot a t d i f f e r e n t l a t i t u d e . D e v i a t i o n r e l a t e d a s t a n g e n t s o f a n g l e s o f v a r i a t i o n and n o t l i k e v a r i a t i o n s themse lves . L a n d f a l l more l i k e l y Newfoundland t h a n Cape Bre ton .
W. R. Wetmore, 3 l e t t e r s , Sep-Oct 1897, o f f e r i n g c o r r e c t i o n abou t HH's t r i g o n o m e t r i c c a l c u l a t i o n . Wetmore had been a f e l l o w law s t u d e n t a t Chapel H i l l w i t h HH.
Two l e t t e r s , 1894, from O b s e r v a t o i r e de P a r i s and R . Vignaud, s e e . t o U.S. ambassador t o F r a n c e ,
Co-te-Real / Cant ino / Leroux, C o n t a i n e r 9 ,
Falde- 1: Oa Corte-Weaes Memoria W i s t o r i c a , by E , C, P r i n t e d page p-oaf o f A-chive d a s Aco res , 4:355-550, r e Corte-Real g e n e a l o g i e s and documents.
Folde- 2 : Ha-risse-Leroux Correspondence, 1852. Five IZette-s f-on e a i t ~ r Erriest: Leroux an3 f ~ ~ r from HH re p u b l i c a t i o n o f Les Cor te-Real , Jun-Nov 1862.
F o l d e r 3: Correspondence r e Corte-Real and C a n t i n o , 1882-1884. 23 l e t t e r s .
J . Carson B r e v o o r t , 2 l t r s . 188211883; J. J . B-i to R e b e l f o , L i s b o n , 2 l t r s , 1884; E r n e s t o de Can to , S t . K i c h e l , 3 l t rs . 1883l1884; Des inon i , Genes, 1882; Scuo ia Militare, Modena, 2 l t r s . 1883/188h,
Folder 4: Gaspar Ccrte-Real, 1883.
I11 B i s Les Corte-Real Post -Scr ip tum (E125,C7P31), 3 p r i n t e d c o p i e s .
F a c s i m i l e o f Gaspar Corte-Real 's h a n d c i t i n g , 1501, 3 c o p i e s .
F o l d e r 5 : Corte-Real Por tugese Sources
T r a n s c r i p t s o f 17 Por tugese documents, rns and p r i n t e d t e x t s .
F o l d e r 6 : Corte-Real Coat of A r n s l G e n e a l o g i c a l T a b l e s
Color i l l u s t r a t i o n s ; m s and p r i n t e d c h a r t s i n F rench r e DeCosta and Corte-Real f a m i l i e s .
Misce l l any , C o n t a i n e r 8 ,
F o l d e r s 1 and 2: Correspondance C a r t o g r a p h i c , 1883-2891.
About 50 l e t t e r s and p o s t c a r d s and f o u r HH m s n o t e s .
Correspondence w i t h A u s t r i a n , E n g l i s h , F rench , German, I t a l i a n , and Po-tugese a r c h i v e s r e g a r d i n g 1 6 t h c e n t u r y g l o b e s , and a t l a s e s , i n c l u d i n g some d e t a i l e d d e s c r i p t i o n s of a t l a s e s . IncTudes seven l e t t e r s from P r e s i d e n t Malvan, Commissione P u b b l i c a z i o n e d e Documenti e s t u d i s u C r i s t o f o r o Colombo; R i t t e r von Z h i s h m a n " ~ d e s c r i p t i o n o f maps a t Fami l ien-Fide icomiss -Bib l io thek i n Vienna. O t h e r c o r r e s p o n d e n t s i n c l u d e E r n e s t o d e Canto , Reinhold Klfhler, Mantova M a r c h e s e l l i , I l d e b r a n d o R o s s i , and Al f red de T i l f e n a u .
HH 6/17/1906 "A garder--c 'est t o u t c e q u i m' en r e s t e r * (Save , t h i s is a l l t h a t r emains ) ,
Folde- 3: Correspondance Hydrugraphique, 1871-1889.
Letters and p o s t cards re C a s t i n o chart, tides, and Verrazzano. 2 7 p i e c e s . Cor responden t s i n c l u d e Be lg rano , 5. Carson B r e v o o r t , Ernesro d e Canto, Theobaid F i s c h e r , Charles A , Schoot, and Edwa-d A , S t r o b e l ,
F o l d e r 4 : V a l e r i u s F l a c c u s F a c s i m i l e s
?tree facs;miles on b s z - d s : ve-so of c o v e r , t:t;e page, and fi-st page of t e x t , from Hz's copy of C . V a i e r i u s F l a c c u s , Argonau t i con , once owned by Ferdinand Columbus. For HN's n o t e on provenance and
t h e B i b l i o t e c a Colombina, s e e t h e o r i g i n a l work, PA6791.V4 1519, she lved i n S p e c i a l C o l l . F o l i o .
F o l d e r 5 : Misce l l aneous Notebooks
C a s i e r E. Exclusivement pour "L'Armoi-e de GNttingen" Liits 52 )f hi 's k7*-bs with 5 - i c t qL t e c , d d t c d :gJ3.
Catalogue ALpkfizbetique de l a Bir i l io thequc du . . . de Thou Nates on L a t i n documents. WH 1903. 1 2 l e a v e s .
Ca ta logue d e s Mss. F r a n c a i s 2 Supplement Notes on 1 7 t h c e n t u r y French manuscr ip ts . 15 l e a v e s .
C l i p p i n g , October 14 , 1885, r e map of Alexander V I .
B i b i i o t h e c a Americana V e t u s t i s s i m a , C o n t a i n e r 9.
Three b i b l i o g r a p h i c c a r d f i l e s , t h e l a r g e s t of which l i s t s works of c i t e r s contemporary t o WH on t o p i c s r e l a t e d t o New World e x p l o r a t i o n ( 1 5 i n c h e s o f 2-1/2" x 4 " s l i p s ) . Another f i l e l i s t s F f a r r i s s e " ~ w r i t i n g s and m a n u s c r i p t m a t e r i a l now i n t h e War r i s se C o l l e c t i o n (3-1/2' ')). The s m a l l e s t f i l e c o n t a i n s l i s t i n g s f o r s a c h l i t e - a r y a u t h ~ t s a s Alexander Dumas, V i c t o r Hugo, E r n e s t Renan, and George Sand ( 3 " ) .
B i b l i o t h e c a Colombiana. Cont . F i l e of b i b l i o g r a p h i c m a n u s c r i p t n o t e s on works r e l a t e d t o Columbus,
a r r a n g e d by 22 s u b j e c t head ings i n c l u d i n g b i o g r a p h i e s , apocrypha, dramas, f o u r voyages , popu la r h i s t o r y , fo l lowing p l a n o u t l i n e d i n notebook: " ' I n s t r u c t i o n s , " 1889 ( 1 2 i n c h e s of 7" x 5 " s l i p s ) . Wi th in e a c h c h a p t e r , f i l e d by d a t e , then a l p h a b e t i c a l l y by a u t h o r o r main e n t r y . Another notebook c o n t a i n s an a l p h a b e t i c a l l i s t g i v i n g a u t h o r , t i t l e , and d a t e of p u b l i c a t i o n . E n t r i e s a r e i n many l anguages .
C e n t e n n i a l B iograph ic D i c t i o n a r y o f t h e commanders, c a p t a i n s , m a s t e r s , m a t e s , p i l o t - m a j o r s , p i l o t s , cosmographers, c a r t o g r a p h e r s , s a i l o r s , sh ip-boys , and o t h e r s , who have had a n agency i n t h e d i s c o v e r y of t h e new wor ld , e a s t and w e s t , n o r t h and s o u t h , from 1492 u n t i l 1550, C o c t a i ~ e - ! I ,
M a n u s c - i p t a n ~ t e cards, arranged a l p h a b e t i c a l l y (8 i n c h e s of 7 - l i i i ~ x 4" s l i p s ) , In E n g l i s h , g i v i n g nane, d a t e , o r i g i n , s h i p , cornnande-, o c c u p a t i o n , source c i t a t i o n . I n c l u d e s many names n o t l i s t e d sn Discovery of h a - t h A~erlca, P a r t V , bu t t h a t p - i n t e d i t s t c f P ~ r t u g e s ? an1 Span:sh p i l o t s an3 c a - t o g r a p h e r s i n c l u d e s some nanes and e x t e n s i v e n o t e s n o t found h e r e . Kever p u b l i s h e d , though proposed t i t l e page g i v e s P h i l a d e l p h i a , 1892.
Geographical Index. Container 12.
Hanuscr ip t ca rd f i l e (20 inches of s l i p s , St' x 4") of geographic names p r i n t e d i n Discovery of Worth America, p, 753-84. HH rns no te i n d i c a t e s he saved t h i s f i l e because some sources l i s t e d here a r e n o t i n t he p r in t ed v e r s i o n .
Maps f-om Discovery o f North Amer ica . C o n t a i n e r 13,
P l a t e V I : New World i n t he Cantino Cha r t s (1501-Z), 7 c o p i e s
P l a t e V I I I : A s i a t i c Coasts i n t he Cantino Cha r t s , 7 cop ie s
P l a t e X: New World i n the map of Visconte de Maggiolo (1527) , 7 c o p i e s
P l a t e X V I I - X V I I I : Authent ic Glove of Schoner(1533); Alleged Glove of Schoner of 1523, 7 cop ie s
P l a t e X I X : New World i n t h e Tur in Map (1523), 6 cop ie s
Part I. B, Bound Manuscript Volumes,
Anghiera, P i e t r o Mar t i r e d'. Hanuscr ipt L e t t e r , I t a l i a n , 1511.
Or ig ina l manuscr ipt l e t t e r of P e t r u s Mar ty r i s Angier ius , r o y a l poet and i n t i m a t e of CC, re d e a t h of Card ina l o f Valencia; i n c l u d e s t r a n s c r i p t o f same, Mar. 1882 d e a l e r l e t t e r and c a t a l o g d e s c r i p t i o n (French) , and n o t e s ( I t a l i a n ) , 5 p. Mounted i n a p o r t f o l i o and shelved a t end of c l a s s i f i e d books.
- - Bib l io theca Americana Vetus t i s s ima, Correspondance. E101.H33, vo l . 4 2 ,
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L e t t e r s , 1865-1871, grouped by cor respondent , bu t n o t i n a l p h a b e t i c a l o r chronologica l o rde r . Correspondents i nc lude D'Avezac, 9 l t r s . ( ~ r .) , 1011865-611868; Ferdinand Denis, conserva teur a d m i n i s t r a t e u r , Bibl iothPque S a i n t e GeneviPve, 7 l t rs . (F r . ) , 911865-511870; John Lennox, 8 l t r s . (Eng,), 12/1865-411866; Henry Murphy, 3 l t rs . ( ~ n g . ) 3-4/1866; J. Garson Brevoort , 4 l t rs . (Eng.)., 12/1855-711870; Joaguin Garcia I cazba l ce t a , Mexico, 17 Itrs. (Sp.), 611865-1011871; Henry Huth, 3 l t rs . (Eng.), 186911870, r e books n o t i n - BAV; Franco Gonzales de Vera, Madrid, 2 l t r s , (Sp,),lO-11/1869; Robert Turner , 3 l t r s . , 1870; Sanchez, Madrid, 2 l t r s . , 1870; U n i v e r s i t a e t Base l , l i s t of books n o t i n - BAV; 41 miscel laneous l t r s . , 1866-1867, 1870-1872.
Cabot Correspondance, 1881-1884. Unorganized. Shelved w i t h Jean e t Sgbas t ien Cabot, E129.ClH196.
Inc ludes s i x l t r s . (1880-1884) from Lucius F a i r c h i i d , U. S. l e g a t i o n , Madrid, a s s i s t i n g HH i n acqu i r ing in format ion ; l t rs . from Miss Lucy Toulmine Smith, r e s ea rch ing i n London; 12 l t rs . , 1881-82, from
C , Desimoni, Genes; J u s t i n Winsor, 11/3/1891; D. Shipman, 4/5/1882, r e domic i l i a ry m a j o r i t y of Sebas t i an Cabot; Ernes to de Canto, S t . Miguel, 1882; Camille Bonot, 1884. Also i nc ludes trs. of Spanish m s from the Mufioz c o l l e c t i o n , Royal Academy of H i s to ry , Madrid, PRO, and B r i t i s h Museum. Pasted i n back a r e e x t r a c t s of m s Warden's account of the Draper Company, r r a n s c r i b e d by LTSmith and P la idoyer t r . r e Cabot family, %-: \&srcs, 1829, and o t h e r t - s , and n o t e s ,
Cabot, Del Cano & Autres : Documents & MSS. Shelved w i t h John Cabot, the Discoverer , E129.ClH2 1896.
Sy l l abus proof s h e e t s f o r John Gabot, i n t e r l e a v e d w i t h holographic trs.
Correspondence w i t h Vice Consul of Madrid Hernandez and Henry Vignaud, s e c r e t a r y t o U.S. ambassador, P a r i s , 1893-1894, 6 l t r s .
Appendix: E x t r a c r s from the manuscript Warden's account of t h e Draper Company of London, vo l . v i i , f o l i o s 86-87, Mar-Apr 1521. Page proof , Discovery of North America, p. 747-750. P r i n t e r e s copy of m s pasted i n back of 'Tabot ~ o r r e s p o n d a n c e ."
L e t t e r s , documents, and page proofs from Discovery of North America r e D e l Cano, Magellan's p i l o t , inc lud ing I t a l i a n v e r s i o n (from s t a t e a r c h i v e s i n Modena) of D e l Canoes l t r . t o Charles V r e c i rcumnavigat ion w i t h Magellan.
Also i n c l u d e s t r a n s c r i p t s from Publ ic Record O f f i c e , London, r e Cabot; Cabot g e n e a l o g i c a l c h a r t ; l trs. from M. Oppenheim r e r e s e a r c h i n London, 1895; Wi lber force Eames' Sept . 1894 l t r enc los ing tr. from ' % i s t o r i a d e l Wuevo Mundo" of Mu5oz; tr of m s i n Archivio d i S t a t o , Modena, r e Vasco d i Gama by Alber tus Cant in io , 1501.
- - I n s i d e f r o n t cover: 2 p. m s i n HH's hand i n French r e h i s t o r y of
t r a n s f e r of CC's remains t o Santo Domingo, arranged ch rono log ica l ly , 1498-1572, w i t h 15 r e f e r ences .
Christophe Colomb e t l a Corse. E112.B313 1883.
Detached copy from 18 J u i n 1883 Revue C r i t i q u e , o f f p r i n t wi th anno ta t i ons and two proof cop ie s , one annotated. Nine l e t t e r s , 1867-1886, i nc lud ing Martin Casanova, Ju in 10, 1883, and a r t i c l e s by Casanova i n Le Conservateur de l a Corse, June and J u l y , 1883. Review of Casanova by N, S t e i n detached from B u l l e t i n Bib l iographiqus , p. 324-325. Twelve l e t t e r s , 1883, r e Casanova and Cores. Four l e t t e r s and newsci ippings, 1886, i nc lud ing 11 JuLi Itr. from pub l i she r of J o u r n a l d e Le Corse. Detached page re Casan~va f r o ~ c Fa Monde I l l u s t r e , 1886, and Oct, 30, 1892, I t r , from Casabianca. Another copy of Sangu ine t i - s 1886 pamphlet r e CC's b i r t h . Severa l i s s u e s of Gio tna le L i g u s t i c o , inc lud ing C. Desimoni's ' t r i s t o f o r o Colornb 8 e g l i na to i n CiiLvi di Corsica?" '1877, and a r e p r i n t of H H " s "Ch-ristophe Cofomb e t l a Corse," 1883. O f f p r i n t s from Giornale Ligus t ico of HH's Leor ig ine de Ghris tophe Colomb, 1885, and F. Donaver's, Colombo e l a Cor s i ca , 1889.
Chr is tophe Colomb e t l a Corse, Doss ie r # 2. E101.H33, vo l . 41.
Inc ludes e d i t e d copy of 1890 pamphlet Chris tophe Colomb les Corses e t l e Gouvernement F ranca i s , which i s an expanded ve r s ion of HH's l e t t e r of Dec, 12, 1888, t o L'abb6 Casabianca re the o r i g i n of CC; a detached copy of the o r i g i n s 1 a r t i c l e from Revue N i s to r ique , ..Tan,-Feb. 1890, p. 182-184; two Casabianca l e t t e r s , Jan . & Feb, 1890; correspo-idence acknowledging r e c e i p t a f g i f t copies of t h i s p a ~ p k l e t ; reviews by '%.K,.i," and CoL~n:i,i. C e t c a l d l ; annota ted offpriqts of MH's Chrrstophe Coinmb et la Corse, 1583, and Nouvelles Recherches su r LeHis to i r e de L O h B r i q u e , 1890. Also i nc ludes Casabianca's Le Berceau de Chris tophe Colomb e t l a Corse, 1889, 47 p., and Le Berceau de Chris tophe Colomb devant l ' i n s t i t u t de France e t l 'opinion pub l ique , P a r i s , 1890, 82 p,; Feder ico Donaver's Colombo e l a Cor s i ca , 1889, 5 p.; and Angelo Sanguineti 'a A propos d'un a r t i c l e du Jou rna l "Le Figaro" su r l a p a t r i e de Chris tophe Colomb, S n e s , 1886, 16 p.
CoLumSus and S t . George, Documents 1887-1888, EI%!.H33, v o l , 47.
Correspondence, documents, f a c s i m i l e s , and no te s r e spu r ious au tograph of CC i nc lud ing seven l e t t e r s from Professor G u i c h a i n v i l l e , owner of Apr i l 3 , 1502 CC l e t t e r , n ine le t ters from Barlow r e a u t h e n t i c i t y and v a l u e , and seven l e t t e r s from S tag l i eno ana lyz ing o r i g i n a l and forgery . Other cor respondents inc lude Et ienne Charavay, Desimoni of Degli Archiv i L i g u r i , Bukowski of Stockholm, J u s t i n Winsor and John Gilmary Shea of U, S. Also inc ludes reviews and l f s t of r e c i p i e n t s of Chr i s topher Columbus and the Bank of S t . George, HH demonstrates t h a t CC l e t t e r i s a forgery and uses newly found document a t t h e a r c h i v e s of P a l a z z e t t o , da t ed Oct, 30, 1470, demonstrat ing char CC had then a t t a i n e d ma jo r i t y of 19 and thus p l ac ing h i s b i r t h between 1446 and
Documentary k i s t o r y of an a r t i c l e w r i t t e n f o r t he Atheneum. E101.H33, vo l . 51,
Chronological summary r ega rd ing t h e h i s t o r y of HH's review of C. H. Coote and Clements R. Markham's books on Vespucci, followed by documents A-Z ( i nc lud ing many BFStevens l t r s . ) w i t h e d i t e d d r a f t and r e v i s e d proof s l i p a t end; a r t i c l e withdrawn and publ ished a s Americus Vespuccius by BFS i n 1895. Well o rganized , w i t h i n t e r e s t i n g view of HH and h i s pub l i she r s . Documents B and Y e s p e c i a l l y demonstrate HH's a t t i t u d e toward B r i t i s h j o u r n a l s and the Atheneum i n p a r t i c u l a r .
According to HB, Markhan does n o t prove Vespusci's f ou r voyages a r e Lnaginarp. Be o f f e r s no th ing t o prove Vespucci was i n Spain i n 1496-1498 r a t h e r than a t sea . NN c r i t i c i z e s Cootees conclusion t h a t Vespucci was t h e author of the voyage f ro= Lisbon t o Ind i a (Mar. 1500-Sov. 1501) which was a c t u a l l y the enterprise of dOAlmeida, 1505-1506. HH document proves Vespuczi never Lef: Spain a f t e r 1505 u n t i l h i s d e a t n i n 1512 and could no t be au thor of t he Dutch "reyse. 11
Korzan XaccolL, e d i t o r of the Atheneuc, wanted to change f o r m a t because RH was c r i t i c a l of Coote, who had e a r l i e r been endorsed by t h e Atheneum. BFS commiserates w i t h HW about Maccoll, r e c a l l i n g e a r l i e r i n s t ances when he was " j u s t a s shabby.'"
Documents Genois e t Savonesiens. E101.H33, v o l , 48.
L e t t e r s and t r a n s c r i p t s of documents i n I t a l i a n a r ch ives i nc lud ing Civ ica B i b l i o t e c a Ber io d i &nova, Archives de Savone and Archiv i L i g u r i , Correspondents i nc lude Desimoni, Canduccio, G i sca rd i , G r i l l o , Pecoul, and S tag l ieno . Used i n Chris tophe Colomb, 1884 ,
Documents Genois e t Savonesiens, 1439-1517. ElOi.H33, v o i . 39.
Appendix A of Chris tophe Colomb, 1884, p. 401-454, 45 documents ( t r a n s c r i p t s i n E101. H33, vo l . 48). Heavy marginal annota t ion w i t h document t r a n s c r i p t i o n s and l e t t e r s l a i d i n , inc lud ing Desimoni and S t ag l i eno , 1889. Also La Data De l l a Nasc i ta d i Colombo, by Ugo Assere to , La Spenzia , 1904, 16 p., o f f p r i n t from Giornale S t o r i c o .
Dossier d e l a Discovery. Shelved w i t h E101.N32.
HH's correspondence w i t h American and European pub l i she r s , 1889-1891, re p u b l i c a t i o n of Discovery of North America.
Correspondence r e Houghton N i f f l i n r e j e c t i o n , 1889, HH t o KM, 2/14/89, e x p l a i n s h i s philosophy of r e sea rch and o b j e c t i v e i n ~ l r i t i n g and us ing o r i g i n a l documents. HH l t rs . t o Barfow inc lude 4/26/89, r eques t i ng t h a t he seek a New York pub l i she r and 5/24/89, conf id ing '" have noth ing t o expec t from b e r i c a except k i c k s and humil ia t ion."
Inc ludes London pub l i she r Tr8bner's 612 correspondence w i t h P a r i s pub l i she r Welter , p- and d i s t r i b u t e r BFStevens; t h r e e f a c s i m i l e maps; sample t i t l e pages; review a r t i c l e s ; and award, 1894.
- GgnGalogies Moniz e t Veragua. E101.H33, vo l . 54,
G6n6alogie d e s Moniz e t d e s P e r e s t r e l l i Po r tuga i s , X I V e e t XVe S i s c l e s . E igh t l e t t e r s and t h r e e t r a n s c r i p t s from Ernesto and Jose de Canto, S t . Miguel, Azores, Po r tuga l , 1879-1880, re P e r e s t r e l o l i n e ( fami ly of C C O s w i f e ) ; page proof from Chris tophe Colomb, 1884, p. 267-304, r e Ph i l i ppa Moniz-Perestrel lo ,
Genealogies des dues de Veragua (La r r ea t egu i et Berwick). Correspondence wi th Duc de Veragua (1873/1879) and Duke de Alba (1884!1885); t r a n s c r i p t s r e Veragua/Colon from Blason de Espana, Burgos; f o u r genea logica l c h a r t s of Colon y Toledo (Veraguz), descendants of CG's son Diego and Maria d e Toledo,
T r a n s f e r r e d t o f o l d e r and shelved ad j scen t t o v o l u ~ s :
Correspondence and n o t e s , 1870-82, r e sources i n Spanish a-chives; two t r a n s c r i p t s . 2 2 pieces,
H i s t o i r e de l a Raccol ta d i Documenti e S tudi su C r i s t o f o r o Colombo e l a Scoperta d e h e r i c a . E101.W33, vol . 45.
Volume of 319 documents organized by HH i n 1906 t h a t t r a c e s HW's d i f f i c u l t i e s w i th t h e I t a l i a n c o m i s s i o n charged wi th pub l i sh ing Goluabus documents. HH's ten-page sunzary (French) i s keyed t o 66 documents, Inc ludes HN's "Le Quatrieme Centenaire" (E119,iZ15), Oct, 1887 add-ess suggesr-i-?,g t h e p u b l i c a t i r . i n o f GG documsrtts; I$ Maggio 1888 Gazzette b f f i c l a l e announcement naming t h e c o n ~ ~ i s s i o c , w h i c h included HH as only non-I ta l ian member. Inc ludes correspondence wi th commission members Corne l io Desimoni, Narce l lo S t ag l i eno , P r e s i d e n t s Cesare C o r r e n t i and Malvan, Vice P r e s i d e n t s Giuseppe Del la Vedova and Luigi Belgrano, and t r a n s l a t o r Cesare De L o l l i s , and HW's le t ters t o the c o m i s s i o n , 1888-1891, l e ad ing up t o h i s r e s i g n a t i o n , Doc. # 32, Pres . Malvan r e q u e s t s HH t o send m a t e r i a l c o l l e c t e d and a l r eady used. HH t h inks the cotrnnission wants t o g e t r i d of him because he is a f o r e i g n e r , Doc. 1 44, HH t h inks the c o m i s s i o n wants t o d i s c i p l i n e him, Doc. # 48, HH wants h i s name only on t i t l e page of p a r t 1 . Doc. ft 60, HH t h i n k s I t a l i a n s want all the g l o r y , k c , 1890. h e . A GI, HH let ter of r e s i g n a t i o n , Dec. 21, 1890, Doc. // 220, l i s t s 50 Columbus documents. Doc. # 226, HH's i n s t r u c t i o n s and correspondence w i t h De L o l l i s r ega rd ing Spanish documents.
I t i n e r a i r e de Colomb, 1470-1506, pour L'Ammoire de Coet t ingen , E101,H33, vol . 1.
Manuscript no t e s , arranged by yea r , 1446-1540, w i t h c i t a r i o n s . P a r t of t he proposed F a s t i Columbini. See Pa r t I. A . Conta iners 1-3.
Hanusc r i t s e t cop ie s , 1492-1536. E101.H33, vo l . 5 3 ,
Manuscript account , w r i t t e n i n Spanish a f t e r 1533, d e s c r i b i n g a voyage o f exp lo ra t i on along the no r the rn c o a s t of South h e r i c a . 8 p, HH acquired i t from Jos6 Rayon i n Madrid i n 1871.
T r a n s c r i p t s of 1 5 t h and 1 6 t h cen tury documents from s e v e r a l r e p o s i t o r i e s i nc lud ing B i b l i o t e c a Colombina, BibliothGque Royale Marciana de Venis, Bibl iothPque S a i n t e Genevieve and Barlow Library . Inc ludes work of Vasco de Gama, Hanibal Januar ius , Pos toga l lo , Ferdinand de Almeida, and Marin Sanuto. Used i n Chris tophe Colomb, 1884.
Mappemonde de Cantino, H i s to r ique de s a Publ ica t ion par HH. 1852-2883, EiOi .M31, V O ~ . 43.
Correspondence, ch rono log ica l ly arranged, regard ing the a c q u i s i t i o n an& publication of a f ac s imi l e o f the CantSno map. Inc ludes letters from George Woods, s e c r e t a r y t o U.S. l e g a t i o n , Rome; 3 . D a l l a Vedova, Soc i e t a Geografica Italians; E r i o l e Sola , B ib l io t eca Es t ense , Modena; and Ernes t Leroux, P a r i s pub l i she r . F a c s l ~ ~ i i e o f I532 C a n t i n o mapsin 2 p a r t s , reproduced t o accompany NH's Les Gorte-Real e t l e u r s Voyages au Nouveau Monde (E125.C7H3). Inc ludes HW's no t e s ( i n French) expla in ing d i f f i c u l t i e s of acqui r ing the f a c s i m i l e , and r e c e i p t s r e pub l i ca t i on c o s t s ,
Testaments des Colomb, NSS 1506-1578. E101.H33, vo l . 52.
T r a n s c r i p t s from the Archiv General de Simancas r e CC mayoral 1497-1501, CC t es taments 511911506, 3/16/1509, 4/14/1509; t r a n s c r i p t s from Archivo General de I n d i a s , S e v i l l e , r e Diego Colomb, 2/21 and 2 2 / 1515, 9j8j1523.
Correspondence, 1868-1886, i nc lud ing twelve l e t t e r s , 1883-1886, from Edward S t r o b e l , U.S. l e g a t i o n , Madrid, and Henry Vignaud, U.S. l e g a t i o n , P a r i s ; t h r ee l e t t e r s (1878-1879) r e CC's w i l l and Bartolola6 Colon; fou r t een l e t t e r s (1879) r e Archivo General de Ind i a s . Also i n c l u d e s n o t e s on Columbus' arms and o t h e r no t e s .
Vespuccius, Sprenger, and Coote. G95.S8W3 1895a
Documentary h i s t o r y of Americus Vespuccius, i nc lud ing proof s h e e t s and correspondence: t en l e t t e r s from DL. G. von Laubmann, Munich l i b r a r i a n , Baron Welser of Bavaria , and o t h e r s r e Sprenger t r a c t ; s i x l e t t e r s of i nqu i ry t o European l i b r a r i e s ; e i g h t BFStevens l e t t e r s , Wov.-Dee. 1894, r e Coote review and pub l i ca t i on of Americus Vespuccius; twelve l e t t e r s and t r a c i n g r e D r . Burgkmair's p l a t e s . See E101.H33, v. 51.
Part 11, Mscellaneous collection of paraphlets, lagazine articles, manuscripts, le t ters and other holographic material, clippings, e te , , relating mostly to Christopbr Colunrbus, and other navigators, and the discovery of America, by Henry Barrisse and others, Collected and edited, r i t h additions and correctfons i n ms,, and bound by Henry Barrisse. 1854-1906. E101.IL33 54 8 , and 4 partfolios.
l t i n e r a i r e de ColomS, 1470-1506, pour ZeArmoire de Goet t ingen. E101.H33, vo l . 1 .
Manuscript n o t e s , arranged by yea r , 1446-1540, w i t h c i t a t i o n s , P a r t o f t h e proposed F a s t i Columbini. See P a r t I. A , Conta iners 1-3.
Cr i s to fo ro Colombo e g l i o r i e n t a l i . E101.H33, v o l , 2.
O f f p r i n t and detached copy of t r a n s l a t i o n from Giornale Ligus t ico . O r i g i n a l l y p r i n t e d i n C e n t r a l b l a t t f u r Bibl iothekswesen, 1888. Inc ludes two n o t e s from S tag l i eno , 1889. For o t h e r c o p i e s , s e e Elll.H329. vo l . l . , # 9, c . 3 , and 21212.H3 1889.
'Th r i s tophe Colomb e t 1 a Typographie Espagnole ," detached from C e n t r a f b l a t t f u r Bibl iothekswesen, 1908, E101,W33, vo1.3.
I nc ludes p r e s e n t a t i o n copy of Konrad Naebler's Der Deutsche Kolumbus-Brief, t o which HH is responding. For o t h e r cop ie s , s ee E10f.H33, vo l . 14 and vol.33, # 25, and Elll .H329, v o l 2.
L'Origine d i C r i s t o f o r o Colombo, o f f p r i n t from g i o r n a l e L igus t i co , 1886, 9 p. E101.H33, v o l , 4.
R e p r i n t s two e x t r a c t s from HH's 1885 Revue Hi s to r ique a r t i c l e . I nc ludes two 1886 l e t t e r s from Belgrano, e d i t o r of Giorna le L igus t i co .
"lin Rariss ime Americanum" i n B u l l e t i n du B i b l i o p h i l e , Feb. 1897. E101.K33, vo l . 5.
Re Bernardino de Caravajal 's 1493 r e f e r ence t o d i scovery of t h e new world. For o f f p r i n t cop ie s , w i t h one additl~nal foo tno te , see EIOI,H33, vo f , 3 3 , # i 2 and E220.N3:5, c , 2 ,
, 1873, O f f p r i n t from Bulletin de l a SoeiGtG de GGographie, Oct. 18, 1878. E101.W33, vo l . 6.
Author's copy, heav i ly annota ted , Includes F rench l e t t e r s , news c l i p p i n g s , d r a w i n g s and noces re b u r i a l s a t e a t n e d r a l i n S t . h n i n g o .
L'Authent ic i tE d e s " H i s t o r i e " a t t r i b u 6 e s B Fernand Colomb, 1873. O f f ~ r i n t from B u l l e t i n d e l a S o c i 6 t 6 d e G o ~ r a n h i e . 1873. 1 0 D. E101.H33, v o l . 7.
l r a n s c - i p t of 1568 document and 1873 I t r s . t i p p e d a t back. For o t h e r c o p i e s , see ElOI.H33, v o l , 24 , # 2 and E l l l . C f 6 5 1873.
"French C - i r i c s and C r i t i c i s m ' " book rev iew o f M , Taine work by t h i s t i t l e i n Kor th American Review, J u l y 1861, p , 99-107. E101.H33, v o l , 8.
Signed i n p e n c i l by HH: Henry H a r r i s s e New Yosk. I n c l u d e s seven l t r s , from A, P. Peabody, p u b l i s h e r of t h e North h e r i c a n Review, 1861-1862.
" ~ a Vie Monastique de L'AbbG P r e v o s t , " i n B u l l e t i n du B i b l i o p h i l e , Feb, 15, 1903, p. 57-75, E101,H33, v o l . 9.
Chr i s tophe Colomb e t l e s Acad6miciens e s p a g n o l s . kc. 1893. 70 p , E101.H33, v o l . 10.
I n c l u d e s a n n o t a t e d p r o o f s h e e t s f o r J a n . 1894 p u b l i c a t i o n i n C e n t r a l b l a t t f 8 r B ib l io thekswesen and l e t t e r s r e p u b l i c a t i o n .
" I r i s h of t h e P a s t " ( J a n . 1862) and ' T r e n c h H i s t o r i e s of Francer"Jan. 1863). HH seviews o f a r t i c l e s by Bar te lmy Haurgau and B e n r i M a r t i n detached from North American Review. E101.1133, v o l e 11.
Nordenskiuld , Adolph E. R a d t e c k n i n g a r I Ganla H a n d s k r i f t e r a f D a t i s La S f e r a . Stockholm, 1900. 9 p, and map. I n s c r i b e d p r e s e n t a t i o n copy, w i t h 1898 l e t t e r from NordenskiBld and h i s 1901 o b i t u a r y . E101.H33, v o l . 12.
Discovery of North America by John Cabot , t h e Al leged Date and L a n d f a l l , a l s o t h e Ship's name, t h e "Matthew," a Forgery o f C h a t t e r t o n ? 3d. ed . , S tevens , 1897. E101.H33, v o l . 13.
Page proof and c o r r e c t e d copy, bound w i t h t h e f o l l o w i n g t i t l e s : Date of Cabo tes Discovery , 1897, ( K w r e j o i n d e r r e p r i n t e d from Notes and Quer ies , Xug. 1897,) John Cabot's Discovery of Korth America: t h e Alleged Date and L a n d f a l l , R e p r i n t from F o r m , June 1897. ( H H s a i d t h i s was t h e s u r p r e s s e d e d i t i o n ) ,
Detached from Kotes and Q u e r i e s : John Cabor acd t h e Matthew, June 26 , 1897, p. 501-2; r e p l i e s by G. E. Weare, J u l y 1 7 , 1897, p,49-51, and G , Prowse, p, 51; BM reply, Acg, 1 4 , F. 129-132 ( f i r s t p ~ s l i c a t i o n o f Date of Cabot's Discovery: R e j o i n d e r ) ; r e p l y by Prowse, Sep t . 1 1 , p. 208-210; o f f p r i n t of Weare's Cabot's Discovery of No-th America, F u r t h e r Reply, S e p t . 4 . Also BFStevens l t r s , , J u l y 29 and Aug. 11, 1897,
Chris tophe Colomb e t l a Typographie Espagnole. E101.H33, vo l . 14.
Inc ludes page proof f o r C e n t r a l b l a t t , Jan. 1901, wi th c o r r e c t i o n s n o t made i n o f f p r i n t . Konrad Haebler l t r s . , Jan 15 and Apr i l 1 , 1899, and h i s Sur quelques incunables espagnols r e l a t i f s a Chris tophe Golomb, 1309, 24 p,, fron Bibl iographe moderne, 1839, S L Pi-rZve l e t t e r s , i n c l u d ~ q g RFSteve-;" 18 S c p t , 1593 I t y , , $eve-a1 F-7% C e n t r a l b l s t t e d i t o - 0 , H a r t w i g , and the p - i n t e r e s b i l l ,
B i b l i o t e c a Colombina, E101,H33, v o l . 15.
Inc ludes four a r t i c l e s i n Revue c r i t i q u e regard ing the S e v i l l e l i b r a r y . "Grandeur e t d6cadence de l a Colombine," 18 Mai, 1885; "Encore l a Colombine ," 8 J u i n , 1885; "Toujours l a Colornbine," 27 J u i l l e t , 1885; and a response t o HH"s May a r t i c l e by A. O , , 12 Octobre, 1885.
"Apocrypha h e r i c a n a " i n C e n t r a l b l a t t f u r Bibliothekswesen, January 1902, p. 11-43. E101,H33, vo l . 16. For copies w i t h i n s e r t e d m a t e r i a l , s ee Elll.H329, v o l e 2, i/ 2 , and 21024.~32.
"Dic t ionary of Phi losophica l Sciencesf ' : book review of Adolphe Franck' s Dic t ionna i r e des Sc iences Phi losophiques , 1844, 1852. Detached from Southern Quar te r ly Review, J u l y 1854, p. 337-347. E101. H33, v o l , 17.
Signed i n penc i l by HH: Henry Har r i s se . Thfs was the of HH0s master's t h e s i s a t t h e College of South Carol ina. I nc ludes l i s t of H H O s works t o 1895.
Adolph E. Nordenskiuld, Om En Mgrklig Globkar ta , Stockholm, 1884. - 11 p. E101.H33, vo l . 18.
Inc ludes newspaper c l i p p i n g s re ~ o r d e n s k i 8 l d , 2 f a c s i m i l e maps, 1518, and a copy o f t he t r a n s l a t i o n , "Remarkable Globe Map of the S i x t e e n t h Century," detached from B u l l e t i n of the h e r i c a n Geographical Soc i e ty , D 3 , 1884, p. 222-233.
Fadrique de Bas i l ea , imprimeur du quinziPnie s i z c l e , Be r l i n , 1902, O f f p r i n t f r o m Ggt t ing ischen g e l e h r t e n Anzeigen, A p - i L 1902. E101.H33, vo l . 19.
HN"s review of Konrad Waebler's annotated w i t h notes and fcur l e t t e r s , i nc lud ing one from haebie?.
If La vGr i t6 s u r l ' o r i g ine e t l a p a t r i e de Chris tophe Colomb," detached from Revue c r i t i q u e d O h i s t o i r e e t de l i t t g r a t u r e , 18 J u i n 1883, p. 487-495. E101.H33, vof. 20.
H R O s review of Martin Casanova de P ioggio laRs a r t i c l e by same t i t l e , For o t h e r detached cop ie s , s ee E101.R33, vo l . 40, and E112.K313 1883.
Christophe Colomb e t T o s c a n e l l i , P a r i s , 1893. ElO1.K33, vo l . 21.
O f f p r i n t and page proof from Revue c r i t i q u e d e h i s t o i r e e t de l i t t g r a t u r e , 9 Octobre 1893. Other cop ie s i n E101.H33, vo1.33, # 5 and Ell.H329, v o l . 1 , # 3. Also i nc ludes Revue Cr i t i que , 26 Sept.-3 Oct. 1892, which c o n t a i n s "Un h i s t o r i e n espagnol de Colornb," by B.A.V., p. 157-173, HH's review of JosG Asensio's C r i s t o b a l Colon.
A Propos d'un Manuscrit du Minis tPre des A f f a i r e s GtrangPres , P a r i s , 1894. Capt ion t i t l e : Le c a r t u l a i r e de Chris tophe Colomb. ~ 1 0 1 . ~ 3 3 , vo l . 22.
O f f p r i n t from Revue c r i t i q u e d ' h i s to i r e e t de l i t t e r a t u r e , 23 Avr i l 1894, w i th an a d d i t i o n a l paragraph and document. Also i nc ludes Revue c r i t i q u e i s s u e w i th a r t i c l e , p. 324-333, p r in t e r ' s b i l l and acknowledgements f o r g i f t copies .
"Colomb n 'es t pas ne a Savone," d e t a c Revue H i s t o r ique , Nov .-Dee. 1892, p. 308-311. E l O l . R 3 3 ~ ~ 1 , 23.
A u t h e n t i c i t 6 des H i s t o i r e s Controverses . E101,H33, v o l . 24.
AnnGe v e r i t a b l e de l a na i ssance de Christophe Go3ontb. BY N. D'Avezac. P a r i s . 1873. 64 D. O f f ~ r i n t from B u l l e t i n de l a Soc i6 t6 de @og;aphie, ~ u l : / ~ u ~ . ' 1872. Inc ludes 1873 l e t t e r s and c l i p p i n g s .
L 'Authent ic i te d e s "His tor ie" A t t r i bu6es 2 Fernand Colomb. B.A.V., 1873. 10 p. O f f p r i n t from B u l l e t i n de l a Soc ig t6 de Ggographie, Apr i l 1873,
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