The Diario of Christopher Columbus’s First Voyage to America, 1492–1493 (American Exploration and Travel Series)

by Christopher Columbus

Other authorsOliver Dunn (Translator), James E. Kelley Jr. (Translator)

Hardcover, 1989

Status

Available

Call number

E118 .C725

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Collection

NEARA - Nashua NH

Publication

University of Oklahoma Press (1989), Edition: 1st, 504 pages

Description

Presents the log of Christopher Columbus as copied out in brief by his companion, Bartholomew Las Casas, relating the day-to-day drama of a long sea voyage into the unknown.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Muscogulus

This translation is mainly directed at sailors who would like to follow Columbus's course, and its coverage of the debates over Columbus's first landfall and the course of his first voyage is thorough and interesting. The text of the log, however, is unreliable and tampers with the Spanish sources,

although at least the most blatant instances of tampering are usually mentioned in a footnote. The style is perhaps too casual, and the approach to Columbus himself is unabashedly hero-worshiping. I'm finding the appendices to be the best parts of the book. One contains an abridged reprint of Gustavus V. Fox's case for Samana Cay as Columbus's "San Salvador." Robert H. Fuson is an academic geographer with a military background.

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LibraryThing member MrsLee

Very brief, easy to read, great for young readers or the classroom. The pictures are well done and a good conversation point, along with the maps and woodcuts.

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