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European Discovery of America (Abridged, Paperback, New ed of Abridged ed)
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European Discovery of America (Abridged, Paperback, New ed of Abridged ed)
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Loot Price R394
Discovery Miles 3 940
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The Southern Voyages completes Morison's monumental study of the
Spanish and English explorers who discovered both coasts of the
Americas. The author focuses mainly on the voyaging, how the
travelers got here, and he sets aside such matters as the conquests
of Mexico, Peru, Brazil and so on. Some of these are tremendous
journeys - Magellan and Drake go around the world (though Magellan
dies in the Philippines after discovering his famed straits at the
tip of South America). Readers unfamiliar with Morison's work (or
his persona in recent TV interviews) will be delighted to find a
human, thoroughly unaffected historian who is almost childlike in
his warmth and wonder - an octogenarian of ideal serenity and
intelligence. His humanity is especially revealed in his depiction
of Columbus (Morison also wrote the standard life of Columbus,
Admiral of the Ocean Sea) as a spiritually zealous dreamer in
search of the Indies - Columbus' strongest epithet was "May God
take you!" (a wonderfully double-edged phrase). The descriptions of
ships under sail (nearly all of the routes have been personally
traced and followed by Morrison) are breezy and clear ("It is hard
for any sailor to be sorry for Columbus, in spite of his later
misfortunes; he enjoyed such glorious sailing weather on almost
every voyage"). Expansive notes following each chapter are readable
indeed. The whole is a triumph. (Kirkus Reviews)
This is an abridgement of Samuel Morison's magnum opus, The
European Discovery of America, in which he describes the early
voyages that led to the discovery of the New World. All the
acclaimed Morison touches are here - the meticulous research and
authoritative scholarship, along with the personal and compelling
narrative style that gives the reader the feeling of having been
there. Morison, of course, has been there, and The Great Explorers
is enriched with photographs and maps he made while personally
retracing the great voyages.
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