Author: Christopher Columbus
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141920424
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria in the Americas in 1492 - an event that paved the way for the conquest of a 'New World'. The accounts collected here provide a vivid narrative of his voyages throughout the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Columbus himself is revealed as a fascinating and contradictory figure, fluctuating from awed enthusiasm to paranoia and eccentric geographical speculation. Prey to petty quarrels with his officers, his pious desire to bring Christian civilization to 'savages' matched by his rapacity for gold, Columbus was nonetheless an explorer and seaman of staggering vision and achievement.
The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Author: Christopher Columbus
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141920424
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria in the Americas in 1492 - an event that paved the way for the conquest of a 'New World'. The accounts collected here provide a vivid narrative of his voyages throughout the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Columbus himself is revealed as a fascinating and contradictory figure, fluctuating from awed enthusiasm to paranoia and eccentric geographical speculation. Prey to petty quarrels with his officers, his pious desire to bring Christian civilization to 'savages' matched by his rapacity for gold, Columbus was nonetheless an explorer and seaman of staggering vision and achievement.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141920424
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria in the Americas in 1492 - an event that paved the way for the conquest of a 'New World'. The accounts collected here provide a vivid narrative of his voyages throughout the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Columbus himself is revealed as a fascinating and contradictory figure, fluctuating from awed enthusiasm to paranoia and eccentric geographical speculation. Prey to petty quarrels with his officers, his pious desire to bring Christian civilization to 'savages' matched by his rapacity for gold, Columbus was nonetheless an explorer and seaman of staggering vision and achievement.
The Four Voyages of Columbus
Author: Christopher Columbus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Author: Christopher Columbus
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789681162610
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789681162610
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Author: Christopher Columbus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Four Voyages
Author: Christopher Columbus
Publisher: Readhowyouwant
ISBN: 9781425063412
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Columbus' ''the Four Voyages'' is an amazing memoir of his unforgettable experiences along the ocean's coasts that led him to discover many lands. These include Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti), Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Venezuela. In recognition of his astounding findings he was made the governor-general of all the lands he discovered. Inspirational!
Publisher: Readhowyouwant
ISBN: 9781425063412
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Columbus' ''the Four Voyages'' is an amazing memoir of his unforgettable experiences along the ocean's coasts that led him to discover many lands. These include Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti), Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Venezuela. In recognition of his astounding findings he was made the governor-general of all the lands he discovered. Inspirational!
The Golden Quest
Author: Michael Anthony
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Relaas van de vier reizen die Christofer Colombus verricht heeft om de Nieuwe Wereld te ontdekken.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Relaas van de vier reizen die Christofer Colombus verricht heeft om de Nieuwe Wereld te ontdekken.
Four Voyages to the New World
Author: Christopher Columbus
Publisher: New York : Corinth Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
First published in 1847 under title: Select letters of Christopher Columbus. The letters are in the original Spanish and in English translation.
Publisher: New York : Corinth Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
First published in 1847 under title: Select letters of Christopher Columbus. The letters are in the original Spanish and in English translation.
Columbus
Author: Laurence Bergreen
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 014312210X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
He knew nothing of celestial navigation or of the existence of the Pacific Ocean. He was a self-promoting and ambitious entrepreneur. His maps were a hybrid of fantasy and delusion. When he did make land, he enslaved the populace he found, encouraged genocide, and polluted relations between peoples. He ended his career in near lunacy. But Columbus had one asset that made all the difference, an inborn sense of the sea, of wind and weather, and of selecting the optimal course to get from A to B. Laurence Bergreen's energetic and bracing book gives the whole Columbus and most importantly, the whole of his career, not just the highlight of 1492. Columbus undertook three more voyages between 1494 and 1504, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. By their conclusion, Columbus was broken in body and spirit, a hero undone by the tragic flaw of pride. If the first voyage illustrates the rewards of exploration, this book shows how the subsequent voyages illustrate the costs - political, moral, and economic.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 014312210X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
He knew nothing of celestial navigation or of the existence of the Pacific Ocean. He was a self-promoting and ambitious entrepreneur. His maps were a hybrid of fantasy and delusion. When he did make land, he enslaved the populace he found, encouraged genocide, and polluted relations between peoples. He ended his career in near lunacy. But Columbus had one asset that made all the difference, an inborn sense of the sea, of wind and weather, and of selecting the optimal course to get from A to B. Laurence Bergreen's energetic and bracing book gives the whole Columbus and most importantly, the whole of his career, not just the highlight of 1492. Columbus undertook three more voyages between 1494 and 1504, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. By their conclusion, Columbus was broken in body and spirit, a hero undone by the tragic flaw of pride. If the first voyage illustrates the rewards of exploration, this book shows how the subsequent voyages illustrate the costs - political, moral, and economic.
The four voyages of Christopher Columbus
Author: J. M. Cohen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Author: John Michael Cohen
Publisher: Ebury Press
ISBN: 9780091728960
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Publisher: Ebury Press
ISBN: 9780091728960
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description