Download or read book The Geographical Conceptions of Columbus written by George Emra Nunn and published by New York : American Geographical Society. This book was released on 1924 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geographical Conceptions of Columbus written by George E. Nunn and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geographical Conceptions of Columbus written by George E. Nunn and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geographical Conceptions of Columbus a Critical Consideration of Four Problems written by American Geographical Society of New York and published by New York : American Geographical Society. This book was released on 1924 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geographical Conceptions of Columbus written by George Emra Nunn and published by Ayer Publishing. This book was released on 1924 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geographical Conceptions of Columbus written by George E. Nunn and published by Irvington Pub. This book was released on 1924-06-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geographical Conceptions of Columbus written by George Emra Nunn and published by New York : American Geographical Society. This book was released on 1924 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geographical Conceptions of Columbus written by George Emra Nunn and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geographical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geographical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geographical Cenceptions of Columbus written by G. E. Nunn and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Worlds of Christopher Columbus written by William D. Phillips and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Columbus was born in the mid-fifteenth century, Europe was largely isolated from the rest of the Old World - Africa and Asia - and ignorant of the existence of the world of the Western Hemisphere. The voyages of Christopher Columbus opened a period of European exploration and empire building that breached the boundaries of those isolated worlds and changed the course of human history. This book describes the life and times of Christopher Columbus on the 500th aniversary of his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. Since ancient times, Europeans had dreamed of discovering new routes to the untold riches of Asia and the Far East, what set Columbus apart from these explorers was his single-minded dedication to finding official support to make that dream a reality. More than a simple description of the man, this new book places Columbus in a very broad context of European and world history. Columbus's story is not just the story of one man's rise and fall. Seen in its broader context, his life becomes a prism reflecting the broad range of human experience for the past five hundred years. Respected historians of medieval Spain and early America, the authors examine Columbus's quest for funds, first in Portugal and then in Spain, where he finally won royal backing for his scheme. Through his successful voyage in 1492 and three subsequent journeys to the new world Columbus reached the pinnacle of fame and wealth, and yet he eventually lost royal support through his own failings. William and Carla Rahn Phillips discuss the reasons for this fall and describe the empire created by the Spaniards in the lands across the ocean, even though neither they, nor anyone else in Europe, know precisely where or what those lands were. In examining the birth of a new world, this book reveals much about the times that produced these intrepid explorers.
Download or read book Columbus written by Laurence Bergreen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He knew nothing of celestial navigation or of the existence of the Pacific Ocean. He was a self-promoting and ambitious entrepreneur. His maps were a hybrid of fantasy and delusion. When he did make land, he enslaved the populace he found, encouraged genocide, and polluted relations between peoples. He ended his career in near lunacy. But Columbus had one asset that made all the difference, an inborn sense of the sea, of wind and weather, and of selecting the optimal course to get from A to B. Laurence Bergreen's energetic and bracing book gives the whole Columbus and most importantly, the whole of his career, not just the highlight of 1492. Columbus undertook three more voyages between 1494 and 1504, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. By their conclusion, Columbus was broken in body and spirit, a hero undone by the tragic flaw of pride. If the first voyage illustrates the rewards of exploration, this book shows how the subsequent voyages illustrate the costs - political, moral, and economic.
Download or read book The Last Voyage of Columbus written by Martin Dugard and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Year is 1500. Christopher Columbus, stripped of his title Admiral of the Ocean Seas, waits in chains in a Caribbean prison built under his orders, looking out at the colony that he founded, nurtured, and ruled for eight years. Less than a decade after discovering the New World, he has fallen into disgrace, accused by the royal court of being a liar, a secret Jew, and a foreigner who sought to steal the riches of the New World for himself. The tall, freckled explorer with the aquiline nose, whose flaming red hair long ago turned gray, passes his days in prayer and rumination, trying to ignore the waterfront gallows that are all too visible from his cell. And he plots for one great escape, one last voyage to the ends of the earth, one final chance to prove himself. What follows is one of history's most epic -- and forgotten -- adventures. Columbus himself would later claim that his fourth voyage was his greatest. It was without doubt his most treacherous. Of the four ships he led into the unknown, none returned. Columbus would face the worst storms a European explorer had ever encountered. He would battle to survive amid mutiny, war, and a shipwreck that left him stranded on a desert isle for almost a year. On his tail were his enemies, sent from Europe to track him down. In front of him: the unknown. Martin Dugard's thrilling account of this final voyage brings Columbus to life as never before-adventurer, businessman, father, lover, tyrant, and hero.
Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to Monsters and the Monstrous written by Asa Simon Mittman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of monster studies has grown significantly over the past few years and this companion provides a comprehensive guide to the study of monsters and the monstrous from historical, regional and thematic perspectives. The collection reflects the truly multi-disciplinary nature of monster studies, bringing in scholars from literature, art history, religious studies, history, classics, and cultural and media studies. The companion will offer scholars and graduate students the first comprehensive and authoritative review of this emergent field.
Download or read book The Mississippi Valley Historical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes articles and reviews covering all aspects of American history. Formerly the Mississippi Valley Historical Review,
Download or read book 1493 written by Charles C. Mann and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply engaging history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world—from the highly acclaimed author of 1491. • "Fascinating...Lively...A convincing explanation of why our world is the way it is." —The New York Times Book Review Presenting the latest research by biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the post-Columbian network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for two centuries made Mexico City—where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamically interacted—the center of the world. In this history, Mann uncovers the germ of today's fiercest political disputes, from immigration to trade policy to culture wars. In 1493, Mann has again given readers an eye-opening scientific interpretation of our past, unequaled in its authority and fascination.
