The voyage of Christopher Columbus : Columbus' own journal of discovery newly restored and translated

Reconstructs Columbus's shipboard journals and uses other sources--including the biography by his son and legal records--to flesh out the picture Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements (vii)......Page 7 Maps (viii)......Page 8 1. 1492: An End and a Beginning (1)......Page 11 2. The Orient and the Ocean Sea (7)......Page 17 3. Cristoforo Colombo (19)......Page 29 4. Planning and Persuasion (31)......Page 41 5. Vessels Well Suited (46)......Page 56 6. Shipboard Life and Sailing (59)......Page 69 7. Restoring and Translating the Journal (67)......Page 77 The Journal (79)......Page 88 Prologue (81)......Page 89 The Journal (83)......Page 91 Appendix I - The Voyage Seen Through Other Eyes: the Pleitos de Colón (193)......Page 216 Appendix II - The Payroll of the Voyage (204)......Page 227 Notes (207)......Page 230 Select Bibliography (230)......Page 253 Sources of Illustrations and Figures (233)......Page 256 Index (235)......Page 257 Follows the first voyage of discovery made by Christopher Columbus through excerpts from the journal he kept. Translation of Columbus's journey of discovery.