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

R H Major

ISBN 10: 1535810858 / ISBN 13: 9781535810852

Published by Gale and the British Library, 1847

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Select Letters of Christopher Columbus, with Other Original Documents, Relating to His Four Voyages to the New World
• Publisher: Gale and the British Library
• Publication Date: 1847
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1535810858
• ISBN 13: 9781535810852
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 794 grams

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A revised translation of the documents in First Series 2, with the editor's reply to J. A. Froude's strictures on the earlier edition in the Westminster Review (1852) and in his Short Studies on Great Subjects, vol. 2. Contains the Introduction.--Dati, G. La lettera dellisole che ha trovato nuovamente il re dispagna. [At end] a di XXVI. doctobre. 14.93. Florentie.--Bibliography [of the Incunabula of Columbus' first letter]--First A letter sent by Columbus to Luis de Santangel chancellor of the exchequer. [Ambrosian text]--Second A letter addressed to the Chapter of Seville by Dr. Chanca.--Memorial of the results of the second voyage. 30th of January 1494.--Third Narrative of the voyage which Don Christopher Columbus made ... as he sent it to their Majesties.--Letter ... to the (quondam) nurse of the prince John, 1500.--Letter ... to the most Christian and mighty sovereigns. Jamaica, July 7, 1503.--A narrative given by Diego Mendez. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1870.