The Log of Christopher ColumbusInternational Marine Publishing Company, 1987 - 252 páginas This Quincentenary tribute combines scholarship and an ear for the vernacular to create an accurate and deeply moving rendition of Columbus's original log. Features detailed notes, handsome drawings, woodcuts, and photographs, plus authentic charts fromColumbus's time. "One of the year's most attractive books ".--Newsweek. 117 illustrations. |
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... brought from the beach , and I departed at 10 o'clock in the morning , or maybe a little later . The wind was veering SE and south , but the sea was calm . We had been sailing west for three or four hours toward that large island when ...
... brought from the beach , and I departed at 10 o'clock in the morning , or maybe a little later . The wind was veering SE and south , but the sea was calm . We had been sailing west for three or four hours toward that large island when ...
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... brought food . They brought the bread of niamas , ' which are tubers and look like large radishes . These are planted in all their fields and are their staff of life . They make bread from them and boil and roast them , and they taste ...
... brought food . They brought the bread of niamas , ' which are tubers and look like large radishes . These are planted in all their fields and are their staff of life . They make bread from them and boil and roast them , and they taste ...
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... brought us many things to eat and took food to our boats . After they saw that I had received what they had brought , most of them ran back to the village , which must have been near , in order to get more food , which they offered ...
... brought us many things to eat and took food to our boats . After they saw that I had received what they had brought , most of them ran back to the village , which must have been near , in order to get more food , which they offered ...
Términos y frases comunes
1493 Last night 15 miles Admiral anchor ashore Babeque Bahamas beautiful believe birds boat Bohío Cabo Cacique CAICOS Canary canoe cape captain caravel Caribes Casas Castile chart CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS coast Columbus's course crew Crooked Cuba distance east entrance fathoms Fernandina Fernando FOUR THE DISCOVERY gave gold Gomera Guacanagari Guanahani GUSTAVUS FOX harbor Highnesses INAGUA Indians Indies Isabela Isla Española January Juan JUANA King knots land LANDFALL THEORY large island leagues LOG OF CHRISTOPHER Lord lumbus Martín Alonso Pinzón morning mountains named nautical miles Navidad navigation Niña November Palos Pedro Pinta PLANA CAYS Portuguese Puerto reef river RUM CAY sailed sailors SAMANA CAY San Salvador Santa María Santo seen sent September 1492 Sevilla ship shore Sovereigns Spain Spanish sunrise sunset Thacher things THREE THE DISCOVERY told trees TURKS village voyage Watlings wind Windward Passage