The Life of Christopher Columbus in Short Words - Couverture souple

Crompton, Sarah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1104916126 ISBN 13 : 9781104916121

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 2009

Synopsis

The Life of Christopher Columbus in Short Words, written by Sarah Crompton in 1860, is a biography of the famous explorer Christopher Columbus. The book provides a concise and easy-to-read account of Columbus's life, from his childhood in Genoa, Italy, to his discovery of the New World and subsequent voyages. Crompton's biography covers Columbus's early years as a sailor and his efforts to secure funding for his voyages from the Spanish monarchy. The book details Columbus's first voyage to the Caribbean and his encounters with the native peoples of the region. It also covers his subsequent voyages and his struggles to maintain his position as governor of the Spanish colonies in the New World.Throughout the book, Crompton provides insights into Columbus's character, including his determination, his religious beliefs, and his relationship with his crew. The author also explores the impact of Columbus's discoveries on the world, including the exchange of goods and ideas between Europe and the Americas.Overall, The Life of Christopher Columbus in Short Words is a concise and informative biography that provides readers with a clear understanding of Columbus's life and achievements.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1104916126
• ISBN 13: 9781104916121
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 98
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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