Select Letters of Christopher Columbus, with Other Original Documents, Relating to His Four Voyages to the New World

Historians have learned many things about Columbus as a leader and a person from the personal letters he kept on his voyage to America. In one famous letter, it is revealed that Columbus had promised a reward of gold to whomever saw land first. A sailor named Rodrigo de Triana was the first to see land on October 12, 1492?a small island in the present-day Bahamas Columbus later named San Salvador. Rodrigo never got the reward; however, as Columbus kept it for himself.??Letters in this volume will help readers discern more about Columbus.