The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus Volume II Part 5

Back in Spain, Columbus pleads in vain for restoration of his privileges; politics and envy render his petitions useless. Under Ovando’s rule, the Indies are stained with blood, and new explorers eclipse his fame. Sick and secluded in Seville, he records his final thoughts?a mixture of faith, sorrow, and pride. His life, tangled with loyalty, ambition, and divine conviction, becomes both triumph and tragedy. History remembers him as visionary and transgressor alike, closing the age of discovery he had begun.