Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus

by Samuel Eliot Morison

Overview

Telling the story of the greatest sailor of them all, "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" is a vivid and definitive biography of Columbus that details all of his voyages that, for better or worse, changed the world. 50 drawings, maps & charts; 4 fold-outs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316584784
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	10/12/1991
Edition description:	ABR
Pages:	680
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.55(d)

Table of Contents

	Spanish Coins of Columbian Era	xiv
	Preface	xv
	The First Forty Years
I	Prologue	3
II	Genoa	7
III	Cheerfully at Sea	18
IV	Lusitania	27
V	The Man Columbus	43
VI	The Enterprise of the Indies	54
VII	In Castile	79
VIII	The Queen Consents	96
IX	Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria	109
X	Officers and Men	135
	The First Voyage to America
XI	Bound Away	153
XII	A Day at Sea	167
XIII	How Columbus Navigated	183
XIV	Atlantic Crossing	197
XV	Adelante! Adelante!	211
XVI	Landfall	222
XVII	The Quest for Japan	237
XVIII	Pursuit of the Grand Khan	254
XIX	Oriente	267
XX	La Isla Espanola	280
XXI	La Navidad	297
XXII	Homeward Passage	314
XXIII	Azorean Agony	324
XXIV	In Portuguese Power	336
XXV	Home Is the Sailor	350
XXVI	Diplomatic Interlude	360
XXVII	Spreading the News	375
	The Second Voyage To America
XXVIII	The Grand Fleet	389
XXIX	Many Marys	400
XXX	Saints and Virgins	412
XXXI	Cibao	430
XXXII	Cuba and Jamaica	445
XXXIII	The Queen's Garden	454
XXXIV	Back to Isabela	469
XXXV	Hell in Hispaniola	481
XXXVI	Crowded Crossing	496
	The Third Voyage to America
XXXVII	Preparations	505
XXXVIII	Trinidad	515
XXXIX	Paria	532
XL	Terrestrial Paradise	549
XLI	Terrestrial Inferno	562
	The Fourth Voyage To America
XLII	Last Chance	575
XLIII	Hurricane	584
XLIV	Search for a Strait	594
XLV	Veragua	609
XLVI	Belen	622
XLVII	At Sea in a Sieve	633
XLVIII	Marooned	640
XLIX	Rescue and End	656
	Index	673