This definitive edition of Columbus's account of the voyage presents the most accurate printed version of his journal available to date.

No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria in the Americas in 1492 - an event that paved the way for the conquest of a 'New World'.

DIVFascinating historical document includes Columbus' own words documenting voyage, discouraged crew, landfall in the Bahamas, natives, more. 44 illustrations, some from rare sources. Publisher's note. /div

This volume contains an account of Columbus' first voyage, and those of his contemporaries John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real.

For scholars, historians, and general readers alike, this collection offers a unique opportunity to engage with the enduring questions of exploration, its motivations, and its irreversible impact on the world.

An 1870 edition of the letters of Christopher Columbus describing his voyages of exploration to the New World.