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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall Rivet-Thurs. Dec. 19, 197.4
Morison Relates European Discovery of America' . At the age of 87, that distinguished historian, Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison, is publishing a' monumental work, "The European Discovery of America: ~The Southern Voyages, 1492-1616" (Oxford University Press, 3817 Park Ave.
S., New York, N.Y. 10016.
reached San Salvador. A Por-
758 pages.IllIU~trated. tuguese who in young manhood $17.50):, This complements 'had been on a voyage to Indin
his treatment of the Northern voyages (500-1600), which appeared three years ago. He now weaves~an enthralling account of heroic und2rtakings,
By
RT. REV. MSGR. JOHN S.
KENNEDY
by the African route,' Magellap. entered the service of Spain at the age o,f37, and two years later, in 1519, he set out on what was' to be the first" voyage around the world. "As a mariner and navigator he was unsurpassed," writes Admiral Morison, "and although he did not live to complete the greatest voyage of discovery ii, the world's history, he planned it, and discovered the 'Strait that shall forever bear his name,' ,as well' as the Marianas and the'Philippines where no European had touched befor~e." II His navigation of the Straits And it came to pass, after the ange!s departed' from them into heaven, the shepherds said I , of Magellan, at the, lower extremity of South America was a one to another: Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this word that is come to pass, which thl~ far greater' feat of seamanship Lord hath showed to us. I than crossing the Atlantic, and it II Portrayed by Kevin, Alden Wendy and Mark, Kirby, was he who, sailing into the I: John the Baptist parish, Westport St. ocean west;,of this hemisphere, II gave it the' name Pacific. His dif~ l II ficulties en route were prodi~ gious, but he was equal to them. In the Phil'ippines, however, he hadly misc;alculated, and his "I tell them (students) to go became man, because this was. Il\'mANA!POlJIS (NC)-Amerdeath was t~e price of this mis- icans are. prostituting the word out and hol.d hands with some a love that allowed man to sa<:take. love by overuse, according to wrinkled old woman or some rifice himself for the love of II Other fberian discoverers and Aretbishop Fulton J. Sheen, re- broken creature who has been others." II their exploits a're paraded before tired archbishop of Rochester, in an auto accident or with one Just as the human heart is not I! us by AdmiraJ Morison: Ponce de N.Y of the '10 million lepers in the perfect in contour, he added, so !I Leon, De S~to, "cortes, Cabeza "love is used over' and over. world. man cannot experience love in I de Vaca, Sarmiento de Gamboa. We say '1 love pickles. I love "That is the way to gain a I The last, by the way, was excep- the New York Mets. I love feeling for another person," he its total,ity until he is joined ! with God in eternity. tional not only in being able, God,'" the 79-year-old church- pointed out. I! when a prisoner, to converse man said here. "We can't love with our whole The third Greek word for love with Queen Elizabeth I in Latin "We use the word in confus- was "agape," or perfect love, heart because it isn't whole," II .for more th~n two and a half ing, bewildering ways," he the prelate continued. "It is an Archbishop Sheen said, "Only !I hours, but ~Iso in giving full added. entirely new kind of love that when we return to God will our credit to his subordinates and The archbishop was the first came to this earth when God hearts be whole." even'to common sailors. His ex- speaker in the new Town Hal! ample in this was not much lecture series here. copied then, hor is it now. Archbishop Sheen told his auDrake S,uperb Captain dience that American obsession The Spanish were never happy with love may stem from the -. ' . about Sir Fr~ncis Drake, for he fact that we hav.e only one word for it. By contrast, he said, the gave them grievous trouble. Very much an opportunist, he wa's Greeks had three.. "The first Greek word for love also a superb captain. Admiral Contractors Since 1913 Morison hold,S this Englishman ~ros-typified the love of in high regatd, and there is a friend for friend, spouse for special zest in his rendition of spouse," the archbishop ex699 Bellville Avenue Drake's mid-~6th, century voy- plained. . New Bedford Generally, Americans think age along the coast of this hemisphere, his sPeedy threading of of love in terms of eros, he said, the Straits of' Magellan, his tra- the entic'or sex. As soon as the. experi:mce and the thrill of this versing of th~ Pacific. An hour before moonrise, on, k!ind of love is gone, so is the October 11, 1492, Columbus and love itself. The second type of Greek love one of his seamen thought that they saw a light rising and fall- was "pliilia," a love of humanity, ing. At two In the morning of Archbishop Sheen continued. October 12, I,and was sighted. This love is part of the will and Admiral Morison says of the can be commanded and contime between; "Not since the soiously cultivated. birth of Christ has there been a College sensitivity..training sesnight so full of meaning for the sions in which students join ,human race. I hands to build sensitivity are a This is remIniscent of hyper- farce, 'he said. bole uttered li. few years ago, when m~n first landed on the happy moon. But the admiral's statelively Anniversary-Holiday Parties and full of ment is not so preposterous as 6 Orchestras Available good cheer now and throughout the holiday season. that other on~. Few events in whispering trumpet of ART PERRY human history;' have had such w-Strollers-,Dixle & Polka Band consequences as the discovery ,Ma" Perry-Gus & Tony Rapp of this hemisphere. Band of a thousand melodies It is well, therefore, to familRIGHT BY THE STOP & SHOP, SOMERSET, MASS. 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beginning with Columbus' first voyage and ending with the first sighting of Cape Horn something over a century later. In that interval, a marvelous new world was found and partly E'xplored; the globe was circumnavigated for the first time; the foundations of four great empJres were laid. All this was done by men who dared vast and uncharted oceans, on which their only means of propulsion was sail and' oar. They went forth in ships tiny and frail by modern stanciards, with primitive instruments of navigation. They suffered frustration, illness, hunger. As often as not they were treated ungratefully, and even were thrown into jail, on their return home. 'Pioneering Colossus' More than a third of the book is dominated by Christopher Columbus of Genoa, the pioneering colossus. His ear,ly C~lreer is sketched, including the chances which turned him toward what he called the Enterprise of the Indies and brought him into the service of Spain: He was not singular in believing the earth to be round. All men of some education were of that view. But he was unusual in believing that by sailing West he could reach the East, specifically Japan and China. What he reached, of course, was thn West Indies. It was only on the third of his four voyages that he touched on the mainland of the Western Hemisphere, at a point in present day Venezuela. But in the course of those voyages he made discovery after discovery: Hispaniola (Haiti and Santo Domingo), Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, etc. He opened the way for all the rest, all of whom get their due from Admiral Morison. Columbus sailed up and down, the coast of Central America, looking for a passageway to the waters west of it. There was none, but had he been lucky, he might have seen the Pacific from a land height. That was left to Balhoa, in' 1513. But Balboa fared worse than Columbus; he was beheaded. Unsurpassed Navigator Ferdinand Magellan was III boy of about 12 when Columbus son book enables us to do so.
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