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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... crew in order to allay their fears . And when the crew became frightened at the thickness of the seaweed in the Sargasso Sea , Columbus commented that fear conjures up im- aginary terrors . A number of scientific concepts that he ...
... crew in order to allay their fears . And when the crew became frightened at the thickness of the seaweed in the Sargasso Sea , Columbus commented that fear conjures up im- aginary terrors . A number of scientific concepts that he ...
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... crew saw me lie down to rest and also saw that there was a dead calm and the sea was as in a bowl , they all lay down to sleep and left the helm to that boy . The currents carried the ship upon one of these banks . Although it was night ...
... crew saw me lie down to rest and also saw that there was a dead calm and the sea was as in a bowl , they all lay down to sleep and left the helm to that boy . The currents carried the ship upon one of these banks . Although it was night ...
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... CREWS OF THE NINA , PINTA , AND SANTA MARÍA THE LOG OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS APPENDIX C THE CREWS OF. here is a general agreement that the total crew number of the three ships was between 87 and 90 men . A num- ber of historiographers ...
... CREWS OF THE NINA , PINTA , AND SANTA MARÍA THE LOG OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS APPENDIX C THE CREWS OF. here is a general agreement that the total crew number of the three ships was between 87 and 90 men . A num- ber of historiographers ...
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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