Columbus and Isabella--the Immortals
Author: Harriet Newell Jackson Ralston
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Published: 1893
Total Pages: 48
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Author: Harriet Newell Jackson Ralston
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Published: 1893
Total Pages: 48
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Published: 2020-06-16
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9783337946005
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Harriet N. Ralston
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Published: 2015-07-19
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9781331726708
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Columbus and Isabella: The Immortals; A Souvenir Centennial Poem Columbus and Isabella: The Immortals; A Souvenir Centennial Poem was written by Harriet N. Ralston in 1893. This is a 49 page book, containing 4027 words and 29 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Harriet N. (Harriet Newell Jack Ralston
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Published: 2016-08-25
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9781361561935
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Author: David Shenk
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2007-09-04
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 0307387666
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fresh, engaging look at how 32 carved pieces on a Chess board forever changed our understanding of war, art, science, and the human brain. Chess is the most enduring and universal game in history. Here, bestselling author David Shenk chronicles its intriguing saga, from ancient Persia to medieval Europe to the dens of Benjamin Franklin and Norman Schwarzkopf. Along the way, he examines a single legendary game that took place in London in 1851 between two masters of the time, and relays his own attempts to become as skilled as his Polish ancestor Samuel Rosenthal, a nineteenth-century champion. With its blend of cultural history and Shenk’s lively personal narrative, The Immortal Game is a compelling guide for novices and aficionados alike.
Author: Robert Harris Walker
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2017-01-30
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 1512819182
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Author: Charles Wells Moulton
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Published: 1895
Total Pages: 536
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Published: 1895
Total Pages: 642
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carol Delaney
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2011-09-20
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1439102325
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFIVE HUNDRED YEARS AFTER HE SET SAIL, the dominant understanding of Christopher Columbus holds him responsible for almost everything that went wrong in the New World. Here, finally, is a book that will radically change our interpretation of the man and his mission. Scholar Carol Delaney claims that the true motivation for Columbus’s voyages is very different from what is commonly accepted. She argues that he was inspired to find a western route to the Orient not only to obtain vast sums of gold for the Spanish Crown but primarily to help fund a new crusade to take Jerusalem from the Muslims—a goal that sustained him until the day he died. Rather than an avaricious glory hunter, Delaney reveals Columbus as a man of deep passion, patience, and religious conviction. Delaney sets the stage by describing the tumultuous events that had beset Europe in the years leading up to Columbus’s birth—the failure of multiple crusades to keep Jerusalem in Christian hands; the devastation of the Black Plague; and the schisms in the Church. Then, just two years after his birth, the sacking of Constantinople by the Ottomans barred Christians from the trade route to the East and the pilgrimage route to Jerusalem. Columbus’s belief that he was destined to play a decisive role in the retaking of Jerusalem was the force that drove him to petition the Spanish monarchy to fund his journey, even in the face of ridicule about his idea of sailing west to reach the East. Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem is based on extensive archival research, trips to Spain and Italy to visit important sites in Columbus’s life story, and a close reading of writings from his day. It recounts the drama of the four voyages, bringing the trials of ocean navigation vividly to life and showing Columbus for the master navigator that he was. Delaney offers not an apologist’s take, but a clear-eyed, thought-provoking, and timely reappraisal of the man and his legacy. She depicts him as a thoughtful interpreter of the native cultures that he and his men encountered, and unfolds the tragic story of how his initial attempts to establish good relations with the natives turned badly sour, culminating in his being brought back to Spain as a prisoner in chains. Putting Columbus back into the context of his times, rather than viewing him through the prism of present-day perspectives on colonial conquests, Delaney shows him to have been neither a greedy imperialist nor a quixotic adventurer, as he has lately been depicted, but a man driven by an abiding religious passion.
Author: Thomas Ewing Moore
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Published: 1927
Total Pages: 406
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