Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492-1504

ISBN-13: 9780143122104 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 496 str.

Laurence Bergreen

Opis

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 3 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. Laurence Bergreen re-creates each of these adventures as well as the historical background of Columbus's celebrated, controversial career.