Columbus Then and Now: A Life Reexamined Hardcover - 1997
by Miles H. Davidson
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The author traces the events of Columbus's life in chronological order, drawing on manuscripts, diaries, private correspondence, court and naval records, and shipping logs to provide a historically credible portrait. He uses sources never before incorporated in a book-length study, most notably the recently discovered Libro copiador (a collection of letters written by Columbus himself) and Columbus's holographs (over two thousand notes written in the margins of four of his books). Separating fact from fiction, Davidson sheds new light on crucial junctures in Columbus's life: the original contract given him to seek islands in the west, the claimed influence of Marco Polo on Columbus, the supposed sinking of the Santa Maria, and the role played by Jews in connection with the first voyage. At once a retelling of Columbus's life and a critique of other versions, Columbus Then and Now will be of value to Columbists, Latin American scholars, and biographers in general.
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- Title Columbus Then and Now: A Life Reexamined
- Author Miles H. Davidson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 610
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Oklahoma Press, Norman
- Date 1997-05-15
- ISBN 9780806129341 / 0806129344
- Weight 2.36 lbs (1.07 kg)
- Dimensions 9.44 x 6.52 x 1.71 in (23.98 x 16.56 x 4.34 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Columbus, Christopher, America - Discovery and exploration -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96-49447
- Dewey Decimal Code 970.015
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Citations
- Booklist, 05/15/1997, Page 1558
- Library Journal, 03/01/1997, Page 83
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