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Author Columbus, Christopher.

Title Select letters of Christopher Columbus : with other original documents, relating to his four voyages to the New World / translated and edited by R.H. Major.

Publication Info. London : Hakluyt Society, 1870.

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Edition 2nd ed.
Description 1 online resource (407 pages).
Series Christopher Columbus anthology
Christopher Columbus anthology.
BiblioBoard Core module.
Note "The translated documents [in English, with Spanish at foot of page] are seven in number. Five of them are letters from the hand of Columbus himself ... Another ... is by Dr. Chanca ... and the seventh document is an extract from the will of Diego Mendez"--Introd.
Original document: Book.
Contents Introduction -- Bibliography -- Poem / composed by Giuliano Dati -- First voyage of Columbus -- Second voyage of Columbus -- Third voyage of Columbus -- Fourth voyage of Columbus.
Summary Historians have learned many things about Columbus as a leader and a person from the personal letters he kept on his voyage to America. In one famous letter, it is revealed that Columbus had promised a reward of gold to whomever saw land first. A sailor named Rodrigo de Triana was the first to see land on October 12, 1492—a small island in the present-day Bahamas Columbus later named San Salvador. Rodrigo never got the reward; however, as Columbus kept it for himself. Letters in this volume will help readers discern more about Columbus.
Note GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Columbus, Christopher -- Correspondence.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Early works to 1800.
America -- Early accounts to 1600.
Added Author Major, Richard Henry, 1818-1891.
Alvarez Chanca, Diego.
John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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