Columbus And The Conquest Of The Impossible

Author: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

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Price : $10.00 NZD
ISBN : 9781842120842
Publisher : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Weight (g) : 0.325
Publication date : December 1974
Dimensions : 1.3 Centimeters X 15.5 Centimeters X 23.3 Centimeters
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Author : Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Series : Phoenix Press Ser.
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Language : English
Reading Level : good
Pages : 141
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A highly readable and controversial portrait of a man driven by religion, influenced by mysticism, and, at best, a primitive navigator who barely knew how to use his ship's instruments. A pre-eminent historian calls into question earlier findings by himself and other scholars. With a new introduction and updates that reassess Columbus's skills, motivations, and beliefs--placing him firmly in the context of his own time. ..".In a class of his own for serious scholarship."--Spectator.

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