Amerigo Vespucci. Pilot Major / Frederick J. Pohl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pohl, Frederick J., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1944]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Discusses the controversy around Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer and navigator, who was credited with the discovery of America instead of Columbus. Examines the dramatic history around Vespucci's voyages, forgeries, and the naming of America.

Contents:

Frontmatter

FOREWORD / Pohl, Frederick J.

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Chapter One. PTOLEMY'S CHALLENGE

Chapter Two. AMERIGO

Chapter Three. FROM MERCHANT TO EXPLORER

Chapter Four. THE VOYAGE FOR SPAIN

Chapter Five. VESPUCCI'S LETTER FROM SEVILLE, 1500

Chapter Six. CHANGING FLAGS

Chapter Seven. THE VOYAGE FOR PORTUGAL

Chapter Eight. VESPUCCI'S LETTERS FROM CAFE VERDE, 1501, AND LISBON, 1502

Chapter Nine. THE DISCOVERY OF A CONTINENT

Chapter Ten. THE FORGERIES

Chapter Eleven. THE NAMING OF A CONTINENT

Chapter Twelve. ORGANIZING NAVIGATION

Appendix A. CHRONOLOGY OF VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION, 1486-1522

Appendix B. LINEAR MEASUREMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE IN THE HISTORY OF EXPLORATION

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231877985

0231877986

OCLC:

45378591