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Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery

Winsor, Justin · Public domain text

214,641 words · about 15 h 2 min to read

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Author
Justin Winsor (1831–1897)
Language
English
Subjects
Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506, America › Discovery and exploration, Discoveries in geography, Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506 › Bibliography, Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506 › Pictorial works
Length
214,641 words · about 15 h 2 min
Sections
44 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (44)
  1. Opening about 2 min
  2. Chapter II under 1 min
  3. Chapter III under 1 min
  4. Chapter IV under 1 min
  5. Chapter V under 1 min
  6. Chapter VI under 1 min
  7. Chapter VII under 1 min
  8. Chapter VIII under 1 min
  9. Chapter IX under 1 min
  10. Chapter X under 1 min
  11. Chapter XI under 1 min
  12. Chapter XII under 1 min
  13. Chapter XIII under 1 min
  14. Chapter XIV under 1 min
  15. Chapter XV under 1 min
  16. Chapter XVI under 1 min
  17. Chapter XVII under 1 min
  18. Chapter XVIII under 1 min
  19. Chapter XIX under 1 min
  20. Chapter XX under 1 min
  21. Chapter XXI under 1 min
  22. Appendix about 2 min
  23. I. SOURCES, AND THE GATHERERS OF THEM about 40 min
  24. II. BIOGRAPHERS AND PORTRAITISTS about 54 min
  25. III. THE ANCESTRY AND HOME OF COLUMBUS about 13 min
  26. IV. THE UNCERTAINTIES OF THE EARLY LIFE OF COLUMBUS about 6 min
  27. V. THE ALLUREMENTS OF PORTUGAL about 20 min
  28. VI. COLUMBUS IN PORTUGAL about 42 min
  29. VII. WAS COLUMBUS IN THE NORTH? about 17 min
  30. VIII. COLUMBUS LEAVES PORTUGAL FOR SPAIN about 40 min
  31. IX. THE FINAL AGREEMENT AND THE FIRST VOYAGE, 1492 about 42 min
  32. X. AMONG THE ISLANDS AND THE RETURN VOYAGE about 43 min
  33. XI. COLUMBUS IN SPAIN AGAIN; MARCH TO SEPTEMBER, 1493 about 29 min
  34. XII. THE SECOND VOYAGE about 29 min
  35. XIII. THE SECOND VOYAGE, CONTINUED about 30 min
  36. XIV. THE SECOND VOYAGE, CONTINUED about 34 min
  37. XV. IN SPAIN, 1496-1498 about 31 min
  38. XVI. THE THIRD VOYAGE about 1 h
  39. XVII. THE DEGRADATION AND DISHEARTENMENT OF COLUMBUS about 29 min
  40. XVIII. COLUMBUS AGAIN IN SPAIN about 44 min
  41. XIX. THE FOURTH VOYAGE about 1 h 6 min
  42. XX. COLUMBUS'S LAST YEARS.--DEATH AND CHARACTER about 57 min
  43. XXI. THE DESCENT OF COLUMBUS'S HONORS about 21 min
  44. Appendix about 2 h 29 min

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