Excerpt from ColumbusIf I have succeeded in giving a tolerably correct idea of the man and his career, of the form and pressure of his times, and of the effect of his discovery upon the native inhabitants of the new world, particularly upon those of the West Indies, it is all I hoped to accomplish.I have felt authorized in deviating in some degree from the accuracy of history, Where the conventionalities, or the necessities of the drama required it, or Where the facts were too cruel and painful for any pleasure to be derived from their representation.Of course I know that, in numerous small details, a play can seldom be perfected until after representation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.