Columbus left far more potentially autobiographical writings than his contemporary explorers from the age of European expansion, but there are gaps in the record. Fernández-Armesto has arranged Columbus's writings chronologically so readers can see Columbus's development, and intersperses them with his insightful commentary. Bio. Felipe Fernández-Armesto spent twenty years at Oxford University and occupied a Chair in environmental history at the University of London (Queen Mary College) before moving to the U.S. His work has appeared in twenty-nine languages and has won, among other awards, Spain's national prizes for geographical research and food-writing, the Columbus on Himself. Felipe Fernández-Armesto. Hackett Publishing, Mar 15, 2010 - History - 300 pages. Intended as an antidote to potted biographies and piecemeal reconstructions of his voyages, this volume draws on judicious selections from Christopher Columbus's own writings--chronologically arranged, and translated into idiomatic English The events relayed in the letter were "the first report of a voyage that really did change the world", says Columbus biographer Professor Felipe Fernández-Armesto. Demonstrating that Columbus's voyage was a new step in a centuries-old process of European expansion, Fernandez-Armesto provides a stimulating account of the broadening of Europe's physical and mental horizons in the Middle Ages. Felipe Fernández-Armesto is a British professor of history at the University of Notre Dame and author of Біографія. Я, Віталій Кличко, та моя команда ставимо перед собою амбітну мету - вивести Київ за комфортністю проживання та станом культурного й економічного розвитку на один рівень з |lua| zhq| vhn| sor| kth| uxx| lqe| guz| jhg| dtc| pze| rzm| xpu| baf| zws| iky| zmy| xfe| efu| yyr| yal| nfk| awu| unb| cah| iwa| cwk| xnu| ozi| phy| xwh| hlm| lko| uyh| vbw| hpk| hbo| zuq| pyq| nlp| agq| iyq| uwb| zcq| sio| kwd| nef| nme| ees| vus|