Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus

Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus

by Samuel Eliot Morison
Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus

Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus

by Samuel Eliot Morison

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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
Sales rank: 190,987
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.55(d)

Table of Contents

Spanish Coins of Columbian Eraxiv
Prefacexv
The First Forty Years
IPrologue3
IIGenoa7
IIICheerfully at Sea18
IVLusitania27
VThe Man Columbus43
VIThe Enterprise of the Indies54
VIIIn Castile79
VIIIThe Queen Consents96
IXNina, Pinta and Santa Maria109
XOfficers and Men135
The First Voyage to America
XIBound Away153
XIIA Day at Sea167
XIIIHow Columbus Navigated183
XIVAtlantic Crossing197
XVAdelante! Adelante!211
XVILandfall222
XVIIThe Quest for Japan237
XVIIIPursuit of the Grand Khan254
XIXOriente267
XXLa Isla Espanola280
XXILa Navidad297
XXIIHomeward Passage314
XXIIIAzorean Agony324
XXIVIn Portuguese Power336
XXVHome Is the Sailor350
XXVIDiplomatic Interlude360
XXVIISpreading the News375
The Second Voyage To America
XXVIIIThe Grand Fleet389
XXIXMany Marys400
XXXSaints and Virgins412
XXXICibao430
XXXIICuba and Jamaica445
XXXIIIThe Queen's Garden454
XXXIVBack to Isabela469
XXXVHell in Hispaniola481
XXXVICrowded Crossing496
The Third Voyage to America
XXXVIIPreparations505
XXXVIIITrinidad515
XXXIXParia532
XLTerrestrial Paradise549
XLITerrestrial Inferno562
The Fourth Voyage To America
XLIILast Chance575
XLIIIHurricane584
XLIVSearch for a Strait594
XLVVeragua609
XLVIBelen622
XLVIIAt Sea in a Sieve633
XLVIIIMarooned640
XLIXRescue and End656
Index673
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