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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... things fit a small island ( that Columbus said was large ) , Morison invented a new unit of measurement , the " land league , " unknown by anyone in the 15th century . One translation moves a period by two words . The result- ing ...
... things fit a small island ( that Columbus said was large ) , Morison invented a new unit of measurement , the " land league , " unknown by anyone in the 15th century . One translation moves a period by two words . The result- ing ...
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... things . As was my custom , I ordered each person to be given something , if only a few beads ; 10 or 12 glass ones that cost a penny or two , and some eyelets for lacing shirts and shoes . They found these things to be of great value ...
... things . As was my custom , I ordered each person to be given something , if only a few beads ; 10 or 12 glass ones that cost a penny or two , and some eyelets for lacing shirts and shoes . They found these things to be of great value ...
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... things , with such generosity that it was amazing . I gave them glass beads , brass rings , and hawks ' bells , not because they asked for any- thing but because it seemed to me to be the right thing to do and , above all , because I ...
... things , with such generosity that it was amazing . I gave them glass beads , brass rings , and hawks ' bells , not because they asked for any- thing but because it seemed to me to be the right thing to do and , above all , because I ...
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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