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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... wind later in the afternoon . By night and by day I made about 39 miles , some of them on course and some not . At ... wind . When I get a wind from the SW or west it is inconstant , and that , along with a flat sea , has led the men to ...
... wind later in the afternoon . By night and by day I made about 39 miles , some of them on course and some not . At ... wind . When I get a wind from the SW or west it is inconstant , and that , along with a flat sea , has led the men to ...
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... wind was SSE , and at dawn , it shifted entirely to the south , then veered to the SE . At sunrise I reckoned Puerto ... wind south . I made little headway because of the contrary sea . Up until the hour of vespers I had gone 18 miles ...
... wind was SSE , and at dawn , it shifted entirely to the south , then veered to the SE . At sunrise I reckoned Puerto ... wind south . I made little headway because of the contrary sea . Up until the hour of vespers I had gone 18 miles ...
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... wind ESE and then sailed to the NE by north ; I made about 63 miles . I saw the sea choked with tuna . There were also terns , ringtails , and frigate birds . Sunday , 20 January 1493 The wind calmed last night , but at intervals there ...
... wind ESE and then sailed to the NE by north ; I made about 63 miles . I saw the sea choked with tuna . There were also terns , ringtails , and frigate birds . Sunday , 20 January 1493 The wind calmed last night , but at intervals there ...
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