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The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives..
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.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Book Details
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- Publish Date: May 5th, 1992
- Pages: 320
- Language: English
- Edition: Revised - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.71in - 5.06in - 0.76in - 0.51lb
- EAN: 9780140442175
- Recommended age: 18-UP
- Categories: • United States - General• Europe - Renaissance
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What people are saying
https://t.co/9zqSZySruw
My review of #Columbus: The Four Voyages by Laurence #Bergreen was also picked up by the #Chicago Sun Times: http://t.co/GEd8cysS
Born Sep 17, 2011. #Antifa & standing w/global #OccupyWallSt. https://t.co/YQ8p5nQAKr #GeneralStrike #FreeThemAll #blacklivesmatter
Eventually we came to such terms, I assure you, that you would have thought that she had been brought up in a school for whores." -The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus - p. 139. ISBN 978-0-14-044217-5. #AbolishColumbusDay #ColumbusDay