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To America and around the world : the logs of Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Columbus, Christopher--Diaries.
- Columbus, Christopher.
- Magalhães, Fernão de, 1480-1521--Diaries.
- Magalhães, Fernão de.
- Columbus, Christopher--Birth.
- Magalhães, Fernão de, 1480-1521.
- Diaries.
- America--Name.
- America.
- Voyages around the world.
- America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Explorers--America--Biography.
- Explorers.
- Explorers--Spain--Biography.
- Spain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Branden Pub. Co., [1990]
- Summary:
- This quincentennial book contains the daily logs kept by Columbus--himself, and by Magellan's scribe, Antonio Pigafetta, on their fateful voyages to the unknown Americas and, subsequently, around the world. These voyages have unequivocally changed and impacted on the western world like few other events. The logs herewith are the first translations into English, and read like many modern adventure stories. (Branden Publishing)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-329) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0828319928 :
- OCLC:
- 21759289
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