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The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives..

Name: The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives..
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SKU: 9780140442175
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Contributors:

Christopher Columbus, J. M. Cohen (Editor), J. M. Cohen (Translator)

Publisher:

Penguin Group

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

History

Book Subcategory:

United States, Europe

Book Topic:

Renaissance

Edition Description:

Revised Edition

Series:

Penguin Classics #217

Audience:

Young Adult

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Release Date:

1992-05-05

ISBN 13:

9780140442175

Weight:

0.51 lbs

Size:

7.71 x 5.06 x 0.76 inches

Pages:

320

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'The Admiral was quite certain that they were near land ... He promised to give a silk doublet to the first sailor who should report it'

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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

About the Author
JM Cohen (1903 - 1989) was the translator of many volumes for the Penguin Classics, including versions of Rabelais, Cervantes and Montaigne.

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