The Life of Christopher Columbus

From the Preface: "This book contains a life of Columbus, written with the hope of interesting all classes of readers...According to the custom of biographers, in that time and since, he includes in those volumes the whole history of the West India islands, for the period after Columbus discovered them till his death. He also thinks it his duty to include much of the history of Spain and of the Spanish court. I do not myself believe that it is wise to attempt, in a book of biography, so considerable a study of the history of the time. Whether it be wise or not, I have not attempted it in this book. I have rather attempted to follow closely the personal fortunes of Christopher Columbus, and, to the history around him, I have given only such space as seemed absolutely necessary for the illustration of those fortunes."

Author(s): Edward Everett Hale  

ISBN 10: 1534973249
ISBN 13: 9781534973244
Pages: 102