| Author | Columbus, Christopher.
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| Title | Writings of Christopher Columbus, descriptive of the discovery and occupation of the new world; ed., with an introduction by Paul Leicester Ford.
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| Published | New York, C.L. Webster & Co., 1892.
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| Description | 255 p. incl. front. (port.) 19 cm.
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| Series | Fiction, fact, and fancy series
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| General Note | First edition.
Frontispiece: Columbus "AFTER A SUPPOSED PORTRAIT BY B.V. LA GRABO." [? i.e. apocryphal portrait, from an engraving signed B.V. lo grabo] Original in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla. cf. Berthelot, Bull. de la Soc. de géogr. 3. sér. t. 2, p. 303-305, and A. Neri, Ritratti di C. Colombo in Racc., di doc. Comm. colomb., pte. II, v. 3, p. 268, tav. XXIV.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Introduction.--Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella [introductory to his Journal, from S. Kettell's tr., Boston, 1827]--Letter to Raphael Sanchez [from R.H. Major's tr., London, 1847]--Letter to Luis D. Santangel [from S. Kettell's tr., Boston, 1827]--Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella [undated, concerning the colonization of Hispaniola, from the Proceedings of the Mass. hist. soc., vol. XVI, p. 323-327]--Privileges of Columbus [from Memorials of Columbus, London, 1823]--Deed of entail [from Life and voyages of Columbus, by W. Irving, New York, 1828]--Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella [History of third voyage, from R.H. Major's tr., London, 1847]--Letter to Juana de la Torres [from R.H. Major's tr., London, 1847]--Privileges of Columbus [from Memorials of Columbus, London, 1823]--Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella [Jamaica, July 7, 1503, from R.H. Major's tr., London, 1847]--Will of Columbus.
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| Subjects | America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
America -- Early accounts to 1600.
Columbus, Christopher -- Correspondence.
Explorers -- America -- Correspondence.
Explorers -- Spain -- Correspondence.
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| Other Authors | Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902. ed.
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| LC Card Number | 02-12563 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 114 F711
mq56326: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
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