Columbus: His Enterprise: Exploding the Myth

Hans Koning

ISBN 10: 0853458251 / ISBN 13: 9780853458258

Published by Monthly Review Press, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Columbus: His Enterprise: Exploding the Myth
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0853458251
• ISBN 13: 9780853458258
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The true history of Christopher Columbus and his fateful voyage

In this beautifully written revisionist biography, accessible to people of all ages, Hans Koning gives us the true history of Columbus’ life and voyages. Koning describes how Columbus’ consuming drive to send mountains of gold back to Spain shaped his life, beginning the story with his childhood in Genoa and ending after his return from his fourth and final voyage, an old man in disgrace. He shows how Columbus’ discovery led to the enrichment of the conquerors through the plunder and murder of the native peoples of the Americas.

In an afterword for teachers, Bill Bigelow a high school social studies teacher and the author of several curricula shows how the book can be imaginatively used in the classroom to teach students to read history skeptically.

Reviews

Koning exposes Columbus's less-than-noble side: his greedy, gold-motivated explorations, his New World ``discovery'' which allowed the plunder and murder of America's native peoples, and his return from his fourth voyage as an old man in disgrace. (June)no PW review

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