No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus' 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 ...
Fascinating historical document includes Columbus' own words documenting voyage, discouraged crew, landfall in the Bahamas, natives, more. 44 illustrations, some from rare sources. Publisher's note.
The compelling and historical journal Columbus kept during his first voyage to and discovery of the New World. A day-by-day account filled with the hopes and fears of Columbus and his men throughout this grueling and treacherous journey. Maps and prints.
Eight rare contemporary documents, including five by Columbus, recounting epochal voyages and discoveries in the New World. In original Spanish with English translations. Extensive notes; maps and bibliography.
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Christopher Columbus, Paolo Taviani, Istituto poligrafico e zecca dello stato, Italy. Libreria dello Stato, Comitato nazionale per le celebrazioni del V centenario della scoperta dell'America
Presents the log of Christopher Columbus as copied out in brief by his companion, Bartholomew Las Casas, relating the day-to-day drama of a long sea voyage into the unknown.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
The year 1992 will see schoolchildren everywhere celebrating Christopher Columbus's fantastic journey to uncharted lands. This illustrated storybook is a compilation of passages taken from a translation of the actual journal that Columbus kept on his travels--a book to stir all who read it. Full-color and black-and-white illustrations throughout.
Contains the daily logs kept by Columbus and Magellan's scribe, Pigafetta, on their fateful voyages to the unknown Americas and around the world. These voyages of exploration and discovery unequivocally changed and impacted on the western world like no other event except for the advent of Jesus Christ.
When Columbus returned to Spain from his momentous first journey in the Spring of 1493, he presented his Journal to Queen Isabella. Unfortunately no complete copy has survived. The loss would have been irreparable had it not been for the efforts of Bartolome de las Casas whose digest survives in the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid. The Journal, even ...
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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
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Bartolome De Las Casas, Bartolome De Las Casas, Bartolome de Las Casas
