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John Noble Wilford

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Description:In pursuit of the real Christopher Columbus, John Noble Wilford, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist an author of the widely acclaimed The Mapmaker, penetrates the mists of legend, calumny, and pure invention that have surrounded the man and his exploits.Drawing on accounts written in Columbus's time, on the theories and suppositions of past and present historians, and on the latest archeological and archival discoveries, Wilford looks behind the answers that have been given to myriad of questions: How did Columbus conceive of his audacious plan? Did Columbus realize that never during his four voyages had he actually found his way to the Indies? Was he aware that he had instead made a discovery of far greater magnitude? Why was he a failure as a colonial governor? What finally persuaded Ferdinand and Isabella to pay the cost of his voyages? What did Columbus look like? Was he partly Jewish? How did his contemporaries regard him? Where is he buried?Wilford explores issues and mysteries that earlier Columbus historians tended to ignore: What were the origins of Columbus's mysticism? Did he really believe his discovery was divinely inspired? What were the immediate and long-term consequences of the encounter that Columbus originated between Europeans and indigenous Americans? Why has Columbus's reputation gone through such roller-coastr changes over the centuries?Along the way, Wilford invokes four witnesses who were themselves contemporaries of Columbus and chroniclers of his life: his devoted son and biographer, Ferdinand Columbus, protective of his father's reputation; Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, the courtier who apparently coined the expression "New World" and whose letters preserve the facts and flavor of the first explorations; Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo, one of the first settlers in the Indies, who wrote an encyclopedic account of the early discoveries, and colonies; and the estimable Bartolome de las Casas, the bishop who rescued Columbus's journal from oblivion and challenged the conscience of Spain by exposing the greed and brutality of the first explorers and colonists.A fascinating book about a man both universally celebrated and unknown, about events crucial to world history, and about history itself.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mysterious History of Columbus: An Exploration of the Man, the Myth, the Legacy. To get started finding Mysterious History of Columbus: An Exploration of the Man, the Myth, the Legacy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In pursuit of the real Christopher Columbus, John Noble Wilford, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist an author of the widely acclaimed The Mapmaker, penetrates the mists of legend, calumny, and pure invention that have surrounded the man and his exploits.Drawing on accounts written in Columbus's time, on the theories and suppositions of past and present historians, and on the latest archeological and archival discoveries, Wilford looks behind the answers that have been given to myriad of questions: How did Columbus conceive of his audacious plan? Did Columbus realize that never during his four voyages had he actually found his way to the Indies? Was he aware that he had instead made a discovery of far greater magnitude? Why was he a failure as a colonial governor? What finally persuaded Ferdinand and Isabella to pay the cost of his voyages? What did Columbus look like? Was he partly Jewish? How did his contemporaries regard him? Where is he buried?Wilford explores issues and mysteries that earlier Columbus historians tended to ignore: What were the origins of Columbus's mysticism? Did he really believe his discovery was divinely inspired? What were the immediate and long-term consequences of the encounter that Columbus originated between Europeans and indigenous Americans? Why has Columbus's reputation gone through such roller-coastr changes over the centuries?Along the way, Wilford invokes four witnesses who were themselves contemporaries of Columbus and chroniclers of his life: his devoted son and biographer, Ferdinand Columbus, protective of his father's reputation; Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, the courtier who apparently coined the expression "New World" and whose letters preserve the facts and flavor of the first explorations; Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo, one of the first settlers in the Indies, who wrote an encyclopedic account of the early discoveries, and colonies; and the estimable Bartolome de las Casas, the bishop who rescued Columbus's journal from oblivion and challenged the conscience of Spain by exposing the greed and brutality of the first explorers and colonists.A fascinating book about a man both universally celebrated and unknown, about events crucial to world history, and about history itself.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mysterious History of Columbus: An Exploration of the Man, the Myth, the Legacy. To get started finding Mysterious History of Columbus: An Exploration of the Man, the Myth, the Legacy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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