The Worlds of Christopher Columbus - Softcover

Phillips Jr., William D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052144652X ISBN 13: 9780521446525

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

When Columbus was born in the mid-fifteenth century, Europe was isolated in many ways from the rest of the Old World and Europeans did not even know that the world of the Western Hemisphere existed. The voyages of Christopher Columbus opened a period of European exploration and empire building that breached the boundaries of those isolated worlds and changed the course of human history. This book describes the life and times of Christopher Columbus. The story is not just of one man's rise and fall. Seen in its broader context, his life becomes a prism reflecting the broad range of human experience for the past five hundred years.

About this title

Book Description:

The voyages of Christopher Columbus opened a period of European exploration and empire building that breached the boundaries of isolated worlds and changed the course of human history. This book describes his life and times in the context of European and world history.

From the Back Cover:

This book tells the story of the life and times of Christopher Columbus on the 500th anniversary of his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. More than that, it; aces Columbus in a very broad context of European and world history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 052144652X
• ISBN 13: 9780521446525
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340