No. 6 Soon as the Distant Swell Was Seen to Roll, His Ancient Wishes Reabsorb’d His Soul
Book I. Line 449.
The great object of Columbus, in most of his voyages, was to discover a western passage to India. He navigated the Gulph of Mexico with particular attention to this object, and was much disappointed in not finding a pass into the South Sea. The view he is here supposed to have of that ocean would therefore naturally recal his former desire of sailing to India.