Columbus

by Fernández-Armesto, Felipe

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Discusses the character of Columbus in the context of the world of the late fifteenth century.

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Title Statements

Full title :Columbus / Felipe Fernández-Armesto.

Summary

Discusses the character of Columbus in the context of the world of the late fifteenth century.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1991.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:1991.

The Physical Object

Description:xx, 218 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0192158988, 9780192158987, 0192852604, 9780192852601
oclc:ocm22888220
LC Classification:E111
Dewey Decimal:970.01/5

1. A man 'raised from nought' : from Genoa to the Atlantic, c.1450-c.1480 -- 2. 'The secrets of this world' : the formation and plans of tastes, c.1480-1492 -- 3. 'His manifest hand' : the quest for patronage, c.1484-1492 -- 4. 'The conquest of what appears impossible' : the first Atlantic crossing, August 1492-March 1493 -- 5. 'Your more divine than human journey' : March 1493-June 1496 and the second crossing -- 6. 'Your will to continue in this enterprise' : June 1496-August 1498 and the third crossing -- 7. 'The devil has been at work' : the Hispaniola colony, 1496-1499 -- 8. 'That sea of blood' : 1500-1504 and the last crossing -- 9. 'The messenger of a new heaven' : decline, death, and reputation.

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America America -- Discovery and exploration Amérique -- Découverte et exploration e… Biografie Biographies Biography collective biographies Colomb, Christophe Colombo, Cristoforo Colón, Cristobal Columbus, Christopher Discoveries in geography -- Spanish Exploration Explorers Explorers -- Biography. -- America Explorers -- Biography. -- Spain North America Spain