Samuel Eliot Morison and Prince Henry

Two weeks ago and archived as usual at https://www.murrysvillelibrary.org, I promised a return to Samuel Eliot Morison: distinguished maritime historian, Professor at Harvard University where he taught for 40 years, and a United States Navy Admiral. He won Pulitzer Prizes for two books among his lifetime body of maritime histories. One was for “Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus” (1942), and the other was for “John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography” (1959). Morison was a giant. He brought Christopher Columbus and his time to life. Christopher Columbus, with his brother Bartholomew, was a chart maker in Lisbon, a learned city of 15th century Europe and a foremost center for exploration and discovery. Portugal was a relatively progressive country for the time and th…