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To America & Around the World - The Logs of Christopher Columbus & of Ferdinand Magellan (Paperback, Revised)
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To America & Around the World - The Logs of Christopher Columbus & of Ferdinand Magellan (Paperback, Revised)
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List price R598
Loot Price R468
Discovery Miles 4 680
You Save R130 (22%)
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This book contains the daily logs kept by Columbus -- himself, and
by Magellan's scribe, Antonio Pigafetta, on their fateful voyages
to the unknown Americas and, subsequently around the world. These
voyages, of exploration and of discovery, have unequivocally
changed and impacted on the western world like no other event
except for the advent of Jesus Christ. The logs herewith are the
first translation into English, and read like any modern adventure
stories such as 'Around the World in 80 Days'. It also contains
essays by Adolph Caso and Marco Giacomelli. Caso takes on the
polemics surrounding the persona of Columbus -- especially the
issues of Leif Ericson -- with the forged Vinland Map; of Columbus'
'Jewishness' -- with the claims that Columbus secretly worked for
his Jewish brothers to find a Jewish state in the New World; and
whether America should have a 'Columbus Day'. Giacomelli, on the
other hand, tells the story of how America got its name.
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