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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Página 109
... reached land , having gone last night 18 miles east by south . I went to the south 6 miles to land , where I saw many inlets and many small islands and harbors . Inasmuch as the wind was strong and the sea heavy , I did not dare attempt ...
... reached land , having gone last night 18 miles east by south . I went to the south 6 miles to land , where I saw many inlets and many small islands and harbors . Inasmuch as the wind was strong and the sea heavy , I did not dare attempt ...
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... reached . I confirmed all of this today , much to my pleasure , with the wind SW . The above - mentioned cape reaches within a lombard shot of Puerto de San Nicolás , and if it were cut off and made an island it would have a ...
... reached . I confirmed all of this today , much to my pleasure , with the wind SW . The above - mentioned cape reaches within a lombard shot of Puerto de San Nicolás , and if it were cut off and made an island it would have a ...
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... reached the said island . . . ” Columbus anchored at the northwest cape of Crooked ( Santa Maria ) , at sunset , October 15 , and waited there until the following forenoon . He wrote : " And as from this island I saw another larger one ...
... reached the said island . . . ” Columbus anchored at the northwest cape of Crooked ( Santa Maria ) , at sunset , October 15 , and waited there until the following forenoon . He wrote : " And as from this island I saw another larger one ...
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