The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America - Softcover

Morison, Samuel Eliot

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195042220 ISBN 13: 9780195042221

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1986

Synopsis

This is an abridgement of Samuel Morison's magnum opus, The European Discovery of America, in which he describes the early voyages that led to the discovery of the New World. All the acclaimed Morison touches are here - the meticulous research and authoritative scholarship, along with the personal and compelling narrative style that gives the reader the feeling of having been there. Morison, of course, has been there, and The Great Explorers is enriched with photographs and maps he made while personally retracing the great voyages.

About this title

About the Author:

The late Samuel Eliot Morison, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was the author of numerous books including The Oxford History of the American People, The Growth of the American Republic, and Admiral of the Ocean, a biography of Columbus.

Review:

"This edition is a welcome and handy reference to the major explorations, written by one of the most eminent historians of the century."--Bookman's Weekly

"The best of [Morison's classic] accounts of the first voyages to North and South America were distilled...into this nicely illustrated abridgement."--Philadelphia Inquirer

"In this magisterial work, the late Samuel Eliot Morison presents the voyages of the Cabots, Gilbert, Frobisher, Columbus, Magellan, Drake, and others. This paperback is chock full of maps, seafaring techniques, and all the excitement of a good adventure yarn."--Cultural Information
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On The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages: "What a story! And how worthily the writer tells it!...To read this book is to be a privileged passenger on the bridge beside a master mariner who...imparts the wisdoms of the deep in tones of a salty tang--brisk, skeptical, yet
always measured."--The New York Times Book Review

"One of the most readable and gripping histories in decades."--Boston Globe

"It is in all ways admirable, written with wit and easy scholarship, and loaded with maps and pictures....[Morison] at his entertaining best."--The New Yorker

"This is a great book by a great historian."--Virginia Quarterly Review

On The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages: "An epic work of true grandeur."--Journal of Southern History

"Dazzling."--The New Yorker.

"An exemplary work of historical writing."--Newsweek.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0195042220
• ISBN 13: 9780195042221
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 752