Tells the story of the life and times of Christopher Columbus on the 500th anniversary of his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. More than that, it places Columbus in a very broad context of European and world history.
Discusses the character of Columbus in the context of the world of the late fifteenth century.
Castaways (or Naufragios) is the first major narrative of the exploration of North America by Europeans (1528-1536). It is also an enthralling story of adventure and survival against unimaginable odds. Its author, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, a fortune-seeking sixteenth-century S…
Rather than focusing on the well-rehearsed facts of Columbus's achievements in the New World, Valerie Flint looks instead at his imaginative mental images, the powerful "fantasies" that gave energy to his endeavors in the Renaissance. With him on his voyages into the unknown, he…
On the Erythraean Sea
by Agatharchides, Burstein, Stanley Mayer
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Written in the second century B.C., the 'On the Erythraean Sea' of Agatharchides of Cnidus is the most important source for an almost forgotten chapter of the history of geographical discovery, the exploration of the Red Sea and the regions surrounding it by agents of the Ptolem…
España y América en una perspectiva humanista: Homenaje a Marcel Bataillon
by Saint-Lu, André, Pérez, Joseph, Canavaggio, Jean, Cárcel, Ricardo García, Egido, Aurora, Idígoras, José Ignacio Tellechea, Martínez, Teodoro Hampe, Milhou, Alain, Tudela y Bueso, Juan Pérez de, Vilanova, Antonio
El prestigio de Marcel Bataillon no proviene únicamente de los trabajos publicados por él mismo, sino también de las investigaciones que dirigió o inspiró. Una primera estancia en la Escuela de Altos Estudios Hispánicos, en 1916, le permite vislumbrar y esbozar lo que con el tie…
España y América en una perspectiva humanista: Homenaje a Marcel Bataillon
by Saint-Lu, André, Pérez, Joseph, Canavaggio, Jean, Cárcel, Ricardo García, Egido, Aurora, Idígoras, José Ignacio Tellechea, Martínez, Teodoro Hampe, Milhou, Alain, Tudela y Bueso, Juan Pérez de, Vilanova, Antonio
El prestigio de Marcel Bataillon no proviene únicamente de los trabajos publicados por él mismo, sino también de las investigaciones que dirigió o inspiró. Una primera estancia en la Escuela de Altos Estudios Hispánicos, en 1916, le permite vislumbrar y esbozar lo que con el tie…
