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Christopher Columbus and the enterprise of the Indies : a brief history with documents
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A general introduction to Christopher Columbus' life and voyages, followed by a series of documents. These include excerpts from the log of his first voyage, his agreements with the Spanish crown, ...
A general introduction to Christopher Columbus' life and voyages, followed by a series of documents. These include excerpts from the log of his first voyage, his agreements with the Spanish crown, papal bulls concerning the colonial empires of Spain and Portugal, and judgments by contemporaries on Columbus and his achievements.
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- Geoffrey Symcox and Blair Sullivan
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- English
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- Boston, MA : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2005]
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- xiii, 193 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
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- 1349734373, 1403968071, 9780312410216, 9781403968074, 0312410212, 9781137080592, 1137080590
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- ocm57428971
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-186) and index.
- Introduction : Columbus -- the man, the voyages, the legacy -- The documents -- Christopher Columbus -- 1. Agreement mentioning Domenico Colombo and his son Christopher Columbus -- 2. Notarial document mentioning Christopher Columbus's trip to Madeira to purchase sugar -- 3. On Columbus's appearance, education, and character / Bartolome de Las Casas -- 4. On Columbus's appearance and origins / Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo -- 5. Undated letter to Fernando and Isabel / 6. Letter to Nicolo Oderigo with "[Chro] ferens" signature / 7. On Columbus as an instrument of God's will / 8. On Columbus as "first discoverer" / Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo
- PART ONE -- Introduction : Columbus : The Man, the Voyages, the Legacy -- Columbus's Genoese Origins and Early Life -- Columbus in Portugal, 1476-1485 -- Columbus in Spain, 1485-1492 -- The First Voyage, 1492-1493 -- The Second Voyage, 1493-1496 : Colonization -- The Third Voyage, 1498-1500 -- The Fourth Voyage, 1502-1504, and Columbus's Last Years -- Columbus's Legacy -- Columbus after Columbus -- PART TWO -- The Documents -- 1. Christopher Columbus -- Agreement Mentioning Domenico Colombo and His Son Christopher Columbus, Genoa, September 22, 1470 -- Notarial Document Mentioning Christopher Columbus's Trip to Madeira to Purchase Sugar, Genoa, August 25, 1479 -- On Columbus's Appearance, Education, and Character, ca. 1527-1563 -- Bartolomé de Las Casas -- On Columbus's Appearance and Origins, 1535-ca. 1549 / Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo -- Undated Letter to Fernando and Isabel, 1500-1502 / Christopher Columbus -- Letter to Nicolò Oderigo with "o ferens" Signature, March 21, 1502 / Christopher Columbus -- On Columbus as an Instrument of God's Will, ca. 1527-1563 / Bartolomé de Las Casas -- On Columbus as "First Discoverer," 1535-ca. 1549 / Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo -- On Columbus the Evangelist, 1516 / Agostino Giustiniani, Psalter -- 2. The Four Voyages -- First Voyage, 1492-1493 -- Santa Fe Capitulations, Santa Fe, April 17, 1492 -- Granada Capitulations, Granada, April 30, 1492 -- Selected Entries from the Log, August 3, 1492-March 15, 1493 / Christopher Columbus -- Second Voyage, 1493-1496 -- Warrant to Christopher Columbus and Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca Commissioning Them to Outfit the Second Voyage, Barcelona, May 24, 1493 -- From News of the Islands of the Hesperian Ocean Discovered by Sir Christopher Columbus of Genoa, October 1495 / Michele da Cuneo -- Letter from Cádiz, March 19, 1494 / Giambattista Strozzi -- Letter from Seville, April 19, 1494 / Giovanni de' Bardi -- Third Voyage, 1498-1500 -- Instructions to Columbus for Colonization of the Indies, Burgos, April 23, 1497 -- On Columbus's Third Voyage, ca. 1527-1563 / Bartolomé de Las Casas -- Testimony concerning Columbus's Landing on the South American Mainland, Santo Domingo, June 16, 1512 / Andrés del Corral -- Letter to Juana de la Torre, Making the Case for the Restitution of His Privileges, Late 1500 / Christopher Columbus -- Fourth Voyage, 1502-1504 -- Writ Ordering Restitution of Property to the Admiral and His Brothers, Granada, September 27, 1501 -- On Columbus's Fourth Voyage, ca. 1527-1563 / Bartolomé de Las Casas -- 3. The Spanish Crown, Portugal, and the Papacy -- Papal Bull "Inter Cetera II," Rome, May 4, 1493 / Alexander VI -- Papal Bull "Piis Fidelium," Rome, June 25, 1493 / Alexander VI -- Papal Bull "Dudum Siquidem," Rome, September 25, 1493 / Alexander VI -- Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal, June 7, 1494 -- Papal Bull "Eximie Devotionis," Rome, November 16, 1501 / Alexander VI -- 4. European Constructions of the New World -- Sienese Diaries from 1450 to 1496, April 25, 1493 / Allegretto Allegretti -- Letter from Ferrara, June 11, 1494 / Morelletto Ponzone -- From His Report to the City Council of Seville on Columbus's Second Voyage, ca. 1494 / Diego Alvarez Chanca -- On Taino Religious Practices, ca. 1498 / Ramón Pané -- On Tainos, Caribs, the Flora and Fauna of the Indies, and the Golden Age of Life According to Nature, 1511 / Peter Martyr of Anghiera -- On Caribs and Tainos, March 29, 1522 / Alessandro Geraldini -- A Christopher Columbus Chronology (1451-1506) -- Glossary -- Questions for Consideration