Columbus : the four voyages
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Published
New York : Viking Adult, c2011.
Physical Desc
xvii, 423 pages : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Status
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO COLUMBUS 2011
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BIO COLUMBUS 2011
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Published
New York : Viking Adult, c2011.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world history. Yet Columbus made three more voyages within the span of only a decade, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. These later voyages were even more adventurous, violent, and ambiguous, but they revealed Columbus's uncanny sense of the sea, his mingled brilliance and delusion, and his superb navigational skills. In all these exploits he almost never lost a sailor. By their conclusion, however, Columbus was broken in body and spirit. If the first voyage illustrates the rewards of exploration, the latter voyages illustrate the tragic costs, political, moral, and economic. In this book the author re-creates each of these adventures as well as the historical background of Columbus's celebrated, controversial career.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bergreen, L. (2011). Columbus: the four voyages . Viking Adult.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bergreen, Laurence. 2011. Columbus: The Four Voyages. Viking Adult.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bergreen, Laurence. Columbus: The Four Voyages Viking Adult, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bergreen, Laurence. Columbus: The Four Voyages Viking Adult, 2011.
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