Excerpt from History of Maritime Discovery and Adventure John H, by whom he was used exceedingly ill. Morti fied by the treatment he had received, he in the year 1484 privately departed from Portugal with his son Diego; his wife having been some time dead. Before leaving Portugal, he sent his brother Bartholomew to make proposals to the King of England, Henry VIL, but Bartholomew was unfortunately captured by pirate on the way to England, which he did not reach till the propositions of Columbus had been accepted by another power. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.