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Philip of Cleef with his Flemings was unable to make head against him; and, with the fall of Ghent and Sluis in the summer of 1492, the duke was able to announce to Maximilian that the Netherlands, except Gelderland, were pacified. The treaty of Senlis in 1493 ended the war with France.
This island was sighted by Columbus on November 16, 1493, and, three days later, he anchored in one of its bays. In 1510, and again a year later, Ponce de Leon visited the island and established a settlement, to which he gave the name of San Juan Bautista. Spain did not always hold it peaceably, however, for at different times the Dutch and the English tried to take it from her.
In 1493 the Emperor died, and was in effect succeeded by the King of the Romans, though his election to the Imperial throne did not take place for some years.
From the Court of Spain, the ides of November, 1493. You renew to me, Most Illustrious Prince, your desire to know all that treats of the Spanish discoveries in the New World. You have let me know that the details I have given you concerning the first voyage pleased you; listen now to the continuation of events.
June 15, 1493, the king wrote to him from Capua as follows: ILLUSTRIOUS COUSIN AND OUR DEAREST FRIEND: We have received your letter of the twenty-second of last month, in which you inform us of your marriage with the illustrious Donna Lucretia, the niece of his Holiness our Master.
Erasmus as an Augustinian canon at Steyn His friends Letters to Servatius Humanism in the monasteries: Latin poetry Aversion to cloister-life He leaves Steyn to enter the service of the Bishop of Cambray: 1493 James Batt Antibarbari He gets leave to study at Paris: 1495
A number of Columbus' men having landed here in January, 1493. were attacked by Indians and in the ensuing engagement an Indian was wounded. The occurrence induced Columbus to name the Bay Golfo de las Flechas, Gulf of the Arrows.
It is related in corroboration of this fact, that on the 26th of November, 1810, on digging in the cemetery of the new cathedral, the broken slab of his tomb was found, seven and a half feet under ground, the inscription upon which is illegible, with the exception of a few Latin words giving name and date.” Porto Rico was discovered by Columbus in November, 1493.
One painting of real importance in the work of Duerer remains to us from this period: the greatest of modern critics has described it and its effect on him in a way which would make any second attempt impertinent. I consider as invaluable Albrecht Duerer's portrait of himself painted in 1493, when he was in his twenty-second year.
On Friday the 4th of January 1493, the admiral set sail at sun-rise, standing to the north-west, having the boats a-head to lead him safe cut of shoal water.
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