Christopher Columbus His Life, His Works, His Remains (Volume I)
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29,99 €
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
05.03.2021
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
322
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/2 cm
Gewicht
525 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5444-980-2
Before the legend, there was the man, the records, and the restless sea. The archive opens here today. In Volume I of Christopher Columbus: His Life, His Works, His Remains, John Boyd Thacher offers a landmark historical biography of explorer Christopher Columbus grounded in painstaking documentary research. At once a vivid narrative of the life and voyages of Columbus and a rigorous Columbus primary source collection, this scholarly history volume assembles letters, chronicles, and early testimonies to trace how a Genoese mariner entered the service of Spain and helped shape the discovery of the New World. Thacher situates each document within the wider fifteenth century Atlantic exploration, illuminating the rivalries, beliefs, and ambitions that bound Spain and the Americas in the formative decades of Age of Discovery history. For anyone drawn to the history of Spanish exploration and authoritative biographies of famous explorers, Thacher's meticulous commentary and documentation provide both a reference book for historians and a reliable research guide for students delving into primary materials. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Equally suited to thoughtful general readers, academic libraries, and serious collectors, Volume I stands as a foundational study of Columbus within the wider currents that joined Spain and the Americas.
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