The Mysterious History of Columbus: An Exploration of the Man, the Myth, the LegacyWas Christopher Columbus a visionary or an opportunist, a rapacious colonist or a Christian mystic? The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Mapmakers gives us a truly judicious portrait of the great navigator--one that is as much about the accretion of the Columbus mythos as it is an absorbing account of his life and character. |
Contents
An Exclamation of Discovery | 3 |
His Shining Hour | 19 |
Witnesses to History | 31 |
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