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In 1492, Christopher Columbus crosses the Atlantic carrying two versions of the same voyage: the distance he believes he has traveled and the smaller number he allows his crew to know. That division between what happens and what gets written becomes the governing tension of everything that follows.
The Admiral of Nothing is a documentary historical novel following Columbus alongside Anacaona, Caonabo, Guacanagarí, Higuamota, Rodrigo de Triana, Bartolomé de las Casas, and others whose lives intersect with the first decades of Spanish colonization in the Caribbean.
From first contact and possession-taking to tribute, forced labor, resistance, political fracture, and the creation of the historical record itself, the novel examines how conquest was not only carried out by ships and weapons but by names, declarations, ledgers, testimony, and the authority to decide which version of an event would survive.
Grounded in surviving chronicles, letters, testimony, documentary records, and historical scholarship, the novel distinguishes documented public events from responsibly dramatized private moments while refusing to manufacture certainty where the archive is silent.
This is a historical novel about Columbus-but equally about the people who were already there, the people whose names survived, those whose names did not, and the extraordinary power of the written record to turn one person's claim into another person's history.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In 1492, Christopher Columbus crosses the Atlantic carrying two versions of the same voyage: the distance he believes he has traveled and the smaller number he allows his crew to know. That division between what happens and what gets written becomes the governing tension of everything that follows.The Admiral of Nothing is a documentary historical novel following Columbus alongside Anacaona, Caonabo, Guacanagari, Higuamota, Rodrigo de Triana, Bartolome de las Casas, and others whose lives intersect with the first decades of Spanish colonization in the Caribbean.From first contact and possession-taking to tribute, forced labor, resistance, political fracture, and the creation of the historical record itself, the novel examines how conquest was not only carried out by ships and weapons but by names, declarations, ledgers, testimony, and the authority to decide which version of an event would survive.Grounded in surviving chronicles, letters, testimony, documentary records, and historical scholarship, the novel distinguishes documented public events from responsibly dramatized private moments while refusing to manufacture certainty where the archive is silent.This is a historical novel about Columbus-but equally about the people who were already there, the people whose names survived, those whose names did not, and the extraordinary power of the written record to turn one person's claim into another person's history. A documentary historical novel of Columbus, Anacaona, Caonabo, Higuamota, and Las Casas, tracing how first contact became conquest and how the written record decided whose version survived. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798240863127
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In 1492, Christopher Columbus crosses the Atlantic carrying two versions of the same voyage: the distance he believes he has traveled and the smaller number he allows his crew to know. That division between what happens and what gets written becomes the governing tension of everything that follows.The Admiral of Nothing is a documentary historical novel following Columbus alongside Anacaona, Caonabo, Guacanagari, Higuamota, Rodrigo de Triana, Bartolome de las Casas, and others whose lives intersect with the first decades of Spanish colonization in the Caribbean.From first contact and possession-taking to tribute, forced labor, resistance, political fracture, and the creation of the historical record itself, the novel examines how conquest was not only carried out by ships and weapons but by names, declarations, ledgers, testimony, and the authority to decide which version of an event would survive.Grounded in surviving chronicles, letters, testimony, documentary records, and historical scholarship, the novel distinguishes documented public events from responsibly dramatized private moments while refusing to manufacture certainty where the archive is silent.This is a historical novel about Columbus-but equally about the people who were already there, the people whose names survived, those whose names did not, and the extraordinary power of the written record to turn one person's claim into another person's history. A documentary historical novel of Columbus, Anacaona, Caonabo, Higuamota, and Las Casas, tracing how first contact became conquest and how the written record decided whose version survived. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798240863127
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