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THE CONQUEST OF PARADISE. Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy
by Sale, Kirkpatrick
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0333574796
- ISBN 13
- 9780333574799
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Papermac, London, 1992. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Very Good Condition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 453 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. A reassessment of the career of the man whose Caribbean landing in 1492 changed for ever, both the Old World and the New. Published to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America. The author presents Columbus as a rootless, lonely man who never understood the nature of the world he had discovered, nor how to live with his fellow Europeans or the Indians he conquered. He refutes many enduring myths - of Queen Isabella pawning her jewels to finance the voyages, of mutinous sailors who believed the world was flat and of Columbus' death in obscure poverty. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Exploration. ISBN: 0333574796. ISBN/EAN: 9780333574799. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3117. . 9780333574799
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3117
- Title
- THE CONQUEST OF PARADISE. Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy
- Author
- Sale, Kirkpatrick
- Format/Binding
- Softcover (Stiff Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0333574796
- ISBN 13
- 9780333574799
- Publisher
- Papermac
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- BZDB137 history, explorers, exploration, new world, columbus History; Exploration. ISBN: 0333574796 EAN: 9780333574799 Sale, Kirkpatrick THE CONQUEST OF PARADISE. Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy
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