The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493

Author: Christopher Columbus
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0806123842

The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493 (American Exploration and Travel Series)

As the Quincentennial Celebration of Christopher Columbus's discovery of America approaches, interest in the voyage, and in the questions surrounding it, continues to grow. Download The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493 (American Exploration and Travel Series) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. This definitive edition of Columbus's account of the voyage presents the most accurate printed version of his journal available to date. Unfortunately both Columbus's original manuscript, presented to Ferdinand and Isabella along with other evidence of his discoveries, and a single complete copy have been lost for centuries. The primary surviving record of the voyageApart quotation, part summary of the complete copyAis a transcription made by BartolomA de las Casas in the 1530s.This new edition of the Las Casas manuscript presents its entire contentsAincluding notes, inserti Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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