Christopher Columbus

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.

The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus

Excerpt from Letter of Christopher Columbus: The Great Benefactor of the Present Age; Concerning the Newly Discovered Islands of India Upon the Ganges, Upon Which Enterprise He Was Despatched Eight Months Since by the Invincible Sovereigns of Spain; Ferdinand and Isabella; Directed to Don Rafael San Arrivmg at the one last mentioned, I sailed along the coast toward the West, discovering so great an extent of land that I could not imagine it to be an island, but the continent of Cathay. I did not, however, discover upon the coast any large cities, all we saw being a few villages and farms, with the inhabitants of which we could not obtain any communication, they all ﬂying at our approach. I continued my course, still expecting to meet with some town or city, but after having gone a great distance, and not meeting with any, and find ing myself proceeding toward the North, which I was desirous to avoid on account of the cold, and, moreover, meeting with a contrary wind, I deter mined to return to the South, and, therefore, putabout and sailed back to a harbour which I had before observed. 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.

The Great Benefactor of the Present Age; Concerning the Newly Discovered Islands of India Upon the Ganges, Upon Which Enterprise He Was Despatched Eight Months Since by the Invincible Sovereigns of Spain; Ferdinand and Isab

Letter of Christopher Columbus

Bartolome De Las Casas

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From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain

Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America

Presents a day-by-day account of Columbus' outward voyage, the discovery of America, and the voyage home

The Log of Christopher Columbus

Account of the First Voyage and Discovery of the Indies

The Journal

Keşif yolculukları günlüğü

Letters of Cristoforo Colombo

Translation based on Las Casas abstract of the Log with additions from his Historia and Fernando Columbus's Historia (of the Columbus family). His own account of the voyage.

At head of title: Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets, National Commission for the Celebration of the Quincentellial of the Discovery of America.

Nuova raccolta colombiana. Ediz. inglese

Escribano de Racion of the Kingdom of Aragon, Dated 15 February 1493

The Spanish Letter of Columbus to Luis de Sant' Angel

With Other Original Documents, Relating to His Four Voyages to the New World

Select Letters of Christopher Columbus

And Addressed to Luis de Sant Angel, 15 Feb.-14 March, 1493, Announcing the Discovery of the New World : Reproduced in Facsimile from a Unique Copy in the Possession of Mr. Brayton Ives of New York, with Introductory & Critical Remarks, Accompanied by a Revised Spanish Version and a Literal Translation Into English

The Letter in Spanish of Christopher Columbus Written on His Return from His First Voyage

днивники, письма, документы

Путешествия Христофора Колумба

The First Voyage (The Second and Third Voyages-The Fourth Voyage) of Columbus. [With Cuts.]

The Journal of Christopher Columbus (during His First Voyage, 1492-93) and Documents Relating the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real

Announcing the Discovery of the New World

The Letter in Spanish of Christopher Columbus Written on His Return from His First Voyage, Addressed to Luis de San Angel, 15 Feb. 14 March, 1493

Giovanni Battista Spotorno

Now First Published from the Original Manuscripts, by Order of the Decurions of Genoa

Memorials of Columbus; Or, A Collection of Authentic Documents of that Celebrated Navigator

Bartolomé de las Casas

Presents the log of Christopher Columbus as copied out in brief by his companion, Bartholomew Las Casas, relating the day-to-day drama of a long sea voyage into the unknown.

The Log of Christopher Columbus' First Voyage to America in the Year 1492

Roberto Rusconi

Christopher Columbus returned to Europe in the final days of 1500, ending his third voyage to the Indies not in triumph but in chains. Seeking to justify his actions and protect his rights, he began to compile biblical texts and excerpts from patristic writings and medieval theology in a manuscript known as the Book of Prophecies. This unprecedented collection was designed to support his vision of the discovery of the Indies as an important event in the process of human salvation - a first step toward the liberation of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim domination. This work is part of a twelve-volume series produced by U.C.L.A.'s Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies which involved the collaboration of some forty scholars over the course of fourteen years. In this volume of the series, Roberto Rusconi has written a complete historical introduction to the Book of Prophecies, describing the manuscript's history and analyzing its principal themes. His edition of the documents, the only modern one, includes a complete critical apparatus and detailed commentary, while the facing-page English translations allow Columbus's work to be appreciated by the general public and scholars alike.

The Book of Prophecies

Christopher Columbus

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