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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... Cape ( Cape of Palms ) ; now known as Punta Uvero . 2. Columbus was misreading his quadrant ( see Prologue ) . The Log gives 42 degrees , and there is no way that Columbus thought he was at this latitude . The reading is the arc ...
... Cape ( Cape of Palms ) ; now known as Punta Uvero . 2. Columbus was misreading his quadrant ( see Prologue ) . The Log gives 42 degrees , and there is no way that Columbus thought he was at this latitude . The reading is the arc ...
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... cape that I named Bel Prado , a distance of 12 miles . To the SE from here is a mountain I named Monte de Plata , 24 miles away . About 14 miles2 from the Cabo de Bel Prado3 to the east by south is a cape I call Cabo del Ángel ...
... cape that I named Bel Prado , a distance of 12 miles . To the SE from here is a mountain I named Monte de Plata , 24 miles away . About 14 miles2 from the Cabo de Bel Prado3 to the east by south is a cape I call Cabo del Ángel ...
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... cape of Long Island where the coast line runs as given by Columbus . The appearance of Long Island ( Fer- nandina ) from Crooked ( Santa Maria ) , the course and distance be- tween them , the southeast cape and the trend of the coast of ...
... cape of Long Island where the coast line runs as given by Columbus . The appearance of Long Island ( Fer- nandina ) from Crooked ( Santa Maria ) , the course and distance be- tween them , the southeast cape and the trend of the coast of ...
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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