Ahh, thank you Neil, I stand corrected, and thank you for it.

My focus on this chapter of New World history dates to 1985-87, and  
these publications come after that, when I had gone on to other  
things.  Whether these are all the diaries, I cannot say, and would  
love to know.  Certainly, Roger Smith a notable Columbus scholar, was  
quite certain in hisremarks, at the time he told me this (1987).  It  
appears that two years late they did come out.  Some day, when I have  
nothing to do perhaps I will revisit this.  ;-)

One thing is certain, the scripted Columbus presentation I learned in  
school, and most kids appear to still learn, bears as much  
resemblance to the actual events, as a Soviet era biography of Stalin  
does to the life lived.

-- Stephan


On 15 Jun 2007, at 11:41, macbd1 wrote:

> Paul,
>
> The origin of your quote is not referenced but it is apparently  
> myth. According to contents of the JSTOR hyperlink below, Columbus'  
> diaries are not held by 'family' but by Biblioteca Nacional in  
> Madrid and have been transcribed/published by several, the first in  
> English by Dunn & Kelley, Univ of Oklahoma Press, 1989.
>
> See:
> http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0034-4338(199123)44%3A3%3C572% 
> 3ATDOCCF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-W
>
> Hope this helps and restores some faith in heroes, notwithstanding  
> Columbus' (and others') general deficient treatment of natives in  
> the 'West Indies.'
> Neil McDonald
>
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>
>> "Amongst some archaeologists, who specialize in the opening of the  
>> New World, the reason Columbus' diaries have never been released  
>> by the family is
>> that they reveal that much of his fortune came from selling  
>> pubescent girls, and boys, to grandees in the Old World."
>> -------------
>>
>> What great heroes we chose for ourselves and teach our children to  
>> revere!
>> I wonder how many historians on this list teach that to their  
>> students.
>> Paul