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Select letters of Christopher Columbus : with other original documents relating to his four voyages to the New World / translated and edited by R.H. Major.

Author/creator Columbus, Christopher
Format Electronic and Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1870 ([London] : T. Richards, Printer)
Descriptioncxlii, 254 p., [3] p. of plates : maps, port. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorMajor, Richard Henry, 1818-1891.
Other author/creatorDati, Giuliano, 1445-1524.
Other author/creatorAlvarez Chanca, Diego.
Other author/creatorSantángel, Luis de, d. 1498.
Other author/creatorMéndez, Diego.
Uniform titleCorrespondence. English. Selections
Series Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Introduction -- La lettera dellisole che ha trovato nuovamente il re dispagna / G. Dati -- Bibliography [of the Incunabula of Columbus' first letter] -- First voyage: A letter sent by Columbus to Luis de Santangel, chancellor of the exchequer -- Second voyage: A letter addressed to the Chapter of Seville by Dr. Chanca -- Memorial of the results of the second voyage, 30th of January 1494 -- Third voyage: Narrative of the voyage which Don Christopher Columbus made ... as he sent it to their Majesties -- Letter ... to the (quondam) nurse of the Prince John, 1500 -- Letter ... to the most Christian and mighty sovereigns, Jamaica, July 7, 1503 -- A narrative given by Diego Mendez.
General noteEnglish translations of these selected letters with Spanish text at foot of page.
General noteIncludes index.
General noteReproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General noteSabin no. 14671.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. ciii-cxlii.
References RLIN, CTRG03-B975
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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