The History of the Life and Actions of Adm[iral] Christopher Columbus and of his Discovery of the West Indies, Call’d the New World, Now in Possession of his Catholick Majesty. Written by his son D. Ferdinand Columbus. by Hernando (Ferdinand) Colon - 1704: First English Translation
by Hernando (Ferdinand) Colon
The History of the Life and Actions of Adm[iral] Christopher Columbus and of his Discovery of the West Indies, Call’d the New World, Now in Possession of his Catholick Majesty. Written by his son D. Ferdinand Columbus.: First English Translation
by Hernando (Ferdinand) Colon
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Text, complete in itself, is extracted from CHURCHILL, AWNSHAM, and JOHN: A Collection of Voyages and Travels (vol 2,). Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill at the Black Swan in Paternoster-Row, London, 1704.
Title-page, preface, pages numbered 559-688.
Boards with marks, spine rubbed with split to top 70mm of front joint but holding firm. Text clean and clear. Age toning and traces of humidity to page margins not touching text.
Hernando (Ferdinand) Colon was Christopher Columbus's youngest son. His life of his father was written at a time when his father's legacy was under serious challenge from many quarters, including the court of the Spanish Crown. These attempts to diminish Columbus's role as the primary discoverer of the New World also presented a threat to the fortunes and future legacy of the wider Columbus family.
Hernando is the major source of information concerning his father's life and voyages, especially his fourth voyage to the New World. He accompanied his father on his fourth voyage and in writing this 'life of…' had access to all of his father's papers (letters, charters, log-books, notes as well as his annotated library of books).
"Hernando's biography of his father was to have an immense and lasting impact upon European history, both through the image of his father that arose from it and by creating a model for future narratives of European superiority, narratives founded on the qualities of discipline and technical mastery Hernando put at the centre of his portrait." In so doing he was able to push back on the "onslaught on his father's reputation". (Edward Wilson-Lee, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books, London, 2018).
Extracted from the 1704, 1st, edition of Churchill's Voyages, originally published in Italian in 1571.
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- Keywords Columbus New World
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A History of the County of Westchester (New York) from Its First Settlement to the Present Time (2 Vol Set)
by Bolton, Robert
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A Practical Detail of the Cotton Manufacture of the United States of America; and the State of the Cotton Manufacture of That Country Contrasted and Compared with that of Great Britain; with Comparative Estimates of the Cost of Manufacturing in Both Countries. Illustrated by Appropriate Engravings. Also, a Brief Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Cotton Manufacture in America, and Statistical Notices of Various Manufacturing Districts in the United States
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Telephone Directory of Jacksonville Fla. Winter-Spring, 1931 (Includes Jacksonville Beach, Baldwin, Orange Park, Penney Farms, Green Cove Springs )
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A Short Love Story
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Livingstone lost and found; or, Africa and its explorers ... With a comprehensive biographical sketch of Dr. David Livingstone ... and a most interesting account of his discovery by the American expedition, in command of Henry M. Stanley
by TYLER, Josiah
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"If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all."
― David Livingstone
David Livingstone was a Scottish medical missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of the late-19th-century in the Victorian era. Author Josiah Tyler published an important account of Livingstone and Henry Stanley in Africa entitled "Livingstone Lost and Found". In this book, Tyler provides a complete account of Africa, the local tribes and people, local customs, missionary voyages, diamond and gold mining, and much more.
Item number: #16105
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Readin' 'Ritin' 'Rithmetic: Northern San Luis Obispo County Area One-Room Schools; Memories, Photos
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