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Diego Pinzon and the Fearful Voyage He Took Into the Unknown Ocean A.D. 1492

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS.
By John Russell Coryell
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The narrative follows Diego, a spirited youth from a seaport family whose fate becomes bound to a contested western voyage launched by a persuasive foreign navigator with the backing of local mariners and a sympathetic convent community. It chronicles shipboard life and discipline, rivalries among leaders, moments of desertion and punishment, and the physical hardships that test crews pressed into service. Episodes ashore and at sea depict encounters with unfamiliar peoples, perilous natural features, and improvised survival efforts. Interwoven with convent scenes and youthful perspective, the account emphasizes courage, loyalty, practical seamanship, and the human cost of ambitious exploration.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

“‘To the mast with him!’ said Martin Alonzo” Frontispiece.
“‘Think twice, did you say, Fray Antonio,’ asked the boy, ‘ere I set foot to the ground?’” Facing p. 8
“‘Tut!’ said the friar, taking Diego by the collar and leading him away” ” 18
“‘It is my cousin’s son, Diego? Good-day to thee, lad!’” ” 22
“‘He is very young to die,’ said a mocking voice” ” 32
“Then, like a flash, for he was a quick boy, Diego struck the other boy on the cheek” ” 34
“‘Now go forward where you belong’” ” 40
“‘Hush!’ whispered Juan, suddenly, ‘there is a noise in the cabin’” ” 58
“Martin Alonzo disappeared over the side” ” 66
“‘Thou art a true Pinzon, and I am proud of thee’” ” 88
“If I had told, you would have been hanged up there” ” 96
“‘I shall shoot the first man who tries to desert’” ” 106
“No two boys ever filled casks with such expedition as those two did” ” 110
“‘Hey, there! You two have had enough,’ said a man’s voice” ” 118
“‘Come, speak out, boy!’” ” 130
“All over the vessel could be seen those strong men weeping” ” 138
“The admiral was splendidly robed in a brilliant scarlet cloak over his rich and glittering armor, and held the royal standard in his own hand” ” 154
“Refreshing themselves with the fruits that were brought them by the natives” ” 156
“Jingled it before the eyes of the savage” ” 160
“‘Not barter for gold?’ cried Martin Alonzo” ” 164
“Diego dropping through the blackness of the night” ” 190
“He reached out and clutched at the floating thing” ” 194
“There they both sank down” ” 204
“‘Look!’ said Diego” ” 212
“The cleft proved to be a narrow, cave-like opening” ” 214
“Caught up some of the torches and advanced in a body” ” 220
“Of course the knife cut his fingers” ” 232
“For three nights they floated down the stream” ” 244
“Diego went with Juan to see the man unchained” ” 252
“Diego relates his adventures to the convent boys” ” 258