In Search of Columbus: the Sources for the First Voyage; - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Language: English
Published by The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, 1991
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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A most attractive first edition/first printing in As New condition in alike dust jacket still in original shrinkwrap; Henige's book is a comprehensive exploration of the sources for Christopher Columbus' voyage. He discusses everything from the Greek and Roman historians to contemporaneous reports from the sailors who participated in the voyage. Henige provides a detailed summary of each source and evaluates their accuracy and reliability. He also discusses the possible motivations behind Columbus' decision to attempt a crossing of the Atlantic. This book is an indispensible resource for anyone interested in the history of Columbus and the origins of the Western world.; 8vo; 359 pages.
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- Title
- In Search of Columbus: the Sources for the First Voyage; - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Henige, David
- Publisher
- The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Binding
- Cloth
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0816510903
- ISBN 13
- 9780816510900
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Biography::Biographies of Famous People, By Year Of Issue::1990s, Collection Starter::Hundred Dollars or Less, Famous People, First Editions, History::America, History::Europe, History::General, Travel::Polar Travel & Exploration
Everyone knows Columbus reached the New World in October of 1492. But where? Now David Henige here subjects Columbus' diario to rigorous analysis to conclude that modern attempts to fix the site of Columbus's first landfall can only be speculative at best.
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Review
"A scholarly, fascinating exercise in literary-historical detection."—Geographical Journal"A virtuoso performance, showing how hard if not impossible it is to extract the original of Columbus's log from the later paraphrase."—Gary Wills in the New York Review of Books
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