Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492-1504
Autor Laurence Bergreenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 feb 2013
But Columbus had one asset that made all the difference, an inborn sense of the sea, of wind and weather, and of selecting the optimal course to get from A to B. Laurence Bergreen's energetic and bracing book gives the whole Columbus and most importantly, the whole of his career, not just the highlight of 1492. Columbus undertook three more voyages between 1494 and 1504, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. By their conclusion, Columbus was broken in body and spirit, a hero undone by the tragic flaw of pride. If the first voyage illustrates the rewards of exploration, this book shows how the subsequent voyages illustrate the costs - political, moral, and economic.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780143122104
ISBN-10: 014312210X
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: 16 pp color photos and 32 pp b/w photos on insert stock; b/w maps throughout
Dimensiuni: 148 x 215 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 014312210X
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: 16 pp color photos and 32 pp b/w photos on insert stock; b/w maps throughout
Dimensiuni: 148 x 215 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Laurence Bergreen is the author of several award-winning biographies, including those of Louis Armstrong, Al Capone, Irving Berlin, and James Agee. He has written for many national publications including Esquire and Newsweek, taught at the New School for Social Research, and served as Assistant to the President of the Museum of Television and Radio in New York. Bergreen has also served as a nonfiction judge for the National Book Awards and as a judge for the PEN/Albrand Nonfiction Award. Bergreen lives in New York City.