The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus

The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus

Author: Christopher Columbus

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2004-02-05

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 0141920424

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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.


A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus; Volume II

A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus; Volume II

Author: Washington Irving

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016241519

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HIST OF THE LIFE & VOYAGES OF

HIST OF THE LIFE & VOYAGES OF

Author: Washington 1783-1859 Irving

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-27

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9781371756819

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The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, Volume 2

The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, Volume 2

Author: Washington Irving

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-10-12

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9781502805287

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A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus is a biographical account of Christopher Columbus, one of the first examples of American historical fiction and one of several attempts at national myth-making undertaken by American writers and poets of the 19th century, [4] written by Washington Irving in 1828 and published in four volumes in Britain and in three volumes in the United States


The Worlds of Christopher Columbus

The Worlds of Christopher Columbus

Author: William D. Phillips

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780521446525

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When Columbus was born in the mid-fifteenth century, Europe was largely isolated from the rest of the Old World - Africa and Asia - and ignorant of the existence of the world of the Western Hemisphere. The voyages of Christopher Columbus opened a period of European exploration and empire building that breached the boundaries of those isolated worlds and changed the course of human history. This book describes the life and times of Christopher Columbus on the 500th aniversary of his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. Since ancient times, Europeans had dreamed of discovering new routes to the untold riches of Asia and the Far East, what set Columbus apart from these explorers was his single-minded dedication to finding official support to make that dream a reality. More than a simple description of the man, this new book places Columbus in a very broad context of European and world history. Columbus's story is not just the story of one man's rise and fall. Seen in its broader context, his life becomes a prism reflecting the broad range of human experience for the past five hundred years. Respected historians of medieval Spain and early America, the authors examine Columbus's quest for funds, first in Portugal and then in Spain, where he finally won royal backing for his scheme. Through his successful voyage in 1492 and three subsequent journeys to the new world Columbus reached the pinnacle of fame and wealth, and yet he eventually lost royal support through his own failings. William and Carla Rahn Phillips discuss the reasons for this fall and describe the empire created by the Spaniards in the lands across the ocean, even though neither they, nor anyone else in Europe, know precisely where or what those lands were. In examining the birth of a new world, this book reveals much about the times that produced these intrepid explorers.


The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus

The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus

Author: Washington Irving

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2019-08-06

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 9781318562237

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