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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... east with the wind south . I made little headway because of the contrary sea . Up until the hour of vespers I had gone 18 miles . Then the wind shifted to the east , and I went south by east . By sunset I had gone another 9 miles . I ...
... east with the wind south . I made little headway because of the contrary sea . Up until the hour of vespers I had gone 18 miles . Then the wind shifted to the east , and I went south by east . By sunset I had gone another 9 miles . I ...
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... east as far as a 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 ...
... east as far as a 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 ...
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... east . From sunrise to sunset I went to the east 33 miles . First one tern came to the caravel and then another , and I saw a great deal of seaweed . 1. For a more extensive discussion of timetelling , see Prologue . The first quarter ...
... east . From sunrise to sunset I went to the east 33 miles . First one tern came to the caravel and then another , and I saw a great deal of seaweed . 1. For a more extensive discussion of timetelling , see Prologue . The first quarter ...
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