Select Letters of Christopher Columbus

With Other Original Documents, Relating to His Four Voyages to the New World
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-108-00799-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 489 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Volume 2, published in 1847, consists of letters of Christopher Columbus to the Treasurer of the King and Queen of Spain, describing his first, third and fourth voyages, and a letter from Diego Alvarez Chanca, a royal physician who went on the second voyage and reported his experiences to the town council of Seville. In this edition by R. H. Major, the letters are given in the original Latin and Spanish with an English translation, editor's preface, explanatory notes and index.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Columbus, Christopher

Major, Richard Henry

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographische Entdeckungen und Erkundung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editor's preface; Introduction; La lettera; 1. First voyage of Columbus; 2. Second voyage of Columbus; 3. Third voyage of Columbus; 4. Fourth voyage of Columbus; Index.