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The worlds of Christopher Columbus
- Title
- The worlds of Christopher Columbus / William D. Phillips, Jr., and Carla Rahn Phillips.
- Author
- Phillips, William D.
- Publication
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher description
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Phillips, Carla Rahn, 1943-
- Description
- xii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Tells the story of the life and times of Christopher Columbus on the 500th anniversary of his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. More than that, it places Columbus in a very broad context of European and world history.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-314) and index.
- Contents
- The worlds of Christopher Columbus -- Old worlds in isolation -- The quest for trade and Christians -- Tools of expansion -- Columbus's early years in Genoa and Portugal -- Columbus in Spain -- The first voyage -- Columbus and the New World -- Conquest and colonization : Spain in the Caribbean -- Coercion and commerce : the birth of empire -- The post-Columbian world.
- Call Number
- JFE 92-1845
- ISBN
- 0521350972 (hardback)
- 9780521350976 (hardback)
- 052144652X
- 9780521446525
- LCCN
- 91018790
- OCLC
- 23765696
- Author
- Phillips, William D., author.
- Title
- The worlds of Christopher Columbus / William D. Phillips, Jr., and Carla Rahn Phillips.
- Publisher
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-314) and index.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
- Exploration History
- Added Author
- Phillips, Carla Rahn, 1943- author.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 92-1845