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Columbus by Fernández-Arme
by Fernández-Armesto, Felipe | PB | Good
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- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780192852601
- Subject Area
- Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography
- Publication Name
- Columbus
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 7.7 in
- Subject
- Adventurers & Explorers, Linguistics / General
- Publication Year
- 1992
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Features
- Reprint
- Item Weight
- 6.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 246 Pages
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0192852604
ISBN-13
9780192852601
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1258734
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
246 Pages
Publication Name
Columbus
Language
English
Publication Year
1992
Subject
Adventurers & Explorers, Linguistics / General
Features
Reprint
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
6.9 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
90-025592
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
970.01/5
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
In 1992 we mark the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the New World. But for most of us, this pivotal figure remains as distant and mysterious as the New World must have seemed to him. What sort of man was Columbus? Was he a zealous crusader or a mystic seer, as various legends have it, or an embodiment of bourgeois capitalism, as new interpretations claim? In this concise, authoritative biography, historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto places Columbus in the context of his society and paints a striking, deeply researched picture of the contradictory man who brought the Old World into the New. Columbus emerges in these pages as an ambitious, socially awkward parvenu, self-taught and intellectually aggressive but easily cowed, an embittered escapee from distressing realities, an adventurer inhibited by fear of failure. The author details the context of Columbus's Genoese roots and adopted Castillian home--including the inner workings of Ferdinand and Isabella's royal court. And of course we follow him on his four trips to the New World, through his unsuccessful career as a colonial adminstrator, to his last days of poerty and neglect. Complete with eight pages of illustrations and a chronology of Columbus's life and work, this biography provides an outstanding compact, up-to-date guide to the explorer and his voyages., In 1992 we mark the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the New World. But for most of us, this pivotal figure remains as distant and mysterious as the New World must have seemed to him. What sort of man was Columbus? Was he a zealous crusader or a mystic seer, as various legends have it, or an embodiment of bourgeois capitalism, as new interpretations claim? In this concise, authoritative biography, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto provides us with a striking view of the first European to explore America, going beyond popular misconception to reveal the real individual behind the romantic fictions. The Columbus that emerges here may differ from the one described in text books and speculative fantasies, but Fernandez-Armesto's Columbus derives from thorough research into verifiable sources. Fernandez-Armesto paints a new picture of an ambitious, socially awkward parvenu, an autodidact who was intellectually aggressive but easily cowed, an embittered escapee from distressing realities, an adventurer inhibited by fear of failure. The author carefully places Columbus in the context of his society, describing in detail both the explorer's Genoese roots and the culture of his adopted Castillian home. We gain insight into the workings of Ferdinand and Isabella's royal court, as we watch him struggle to attain patronage for his ambitious travel plans; we learn about the role of contemporary cartography in the formation of Columbus's vision of the world through an analysis of marginal notes in his library. And of course we accompany him on his four trips to the New World, watching his reactions to these newly discovered lands and people, following his unsuccessful career as a colonial administrator in Hispaniola, and charting his growing religious obsessions. Fernandez-Armesto assesses the preservation and transcription of Columbus's writings through the work of the 16th century Spaniard Bartolome de Las Casas, and sets the voyages within the context of the ongoing discovery of North and South America. Complete with eight pages of illustrations and a chronology of Columbus's life and work, this biography provides a compact and up-to-date guide to the explorer and his voyages. Written by an acknowledged authority on the legendary explorer, this book will be a standard for people wanting to separate the facts from the fantasy.
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Copyright Date
1991
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