The Worlds of Christopher Columbus
- ISBN-10
- 052144652X
- ISBN-13
- 9780521446525
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 322
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-02-27
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- William D. Phillips, Carla Rahn Phillips
Description
Relates how Columbus lobbied in three countries for financial support for his journey to find a route to Asia and changed the course of history when he encountered the New World
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- 1992
- 322 pages
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- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press
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