Admiral of the Ocean Sea : A Life of Christopher Columbus

by Morison, Samuel Eliot

• ISBN13: 9780316584784
• ISBN10: 0316584789
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-10-12
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Summary

Telling the story of the greatest sailor of them all, "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" is a vivid and definitive biography of Columbus that details all of his voyages that, for better or worse, changed the world. 50 drawings, maps & charts; 4 fold-outs.

Author Biography

Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison was professor emeritus of history at Harvard University. He was the author of many other celebrated works of naval history.

Table of Contents

Spanish Coins of Columbian Era	p. xiv
Preface	p. xv
The First Forty Years
Prologue	p. 3
Genoa	p. 7
Cheerfully at Sea	p. 18
Lusitania	p. 27
The Man Columbus	p. 43
The Enterprise of the Indies	p. 54
In Castile	p. 79
The Queen Consents	p. 96
Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria	p. 109
Officers and Men	p. 135
The First Voyage to America
Bound Away	p. 153
A Day at Sea	p. 167
How Columbus Navigated	p. 183
Atlantic Crossing	p. 197
Adelante! Adelante!	p. 211
Landfall	p. 222
The Quest for Japan	p. 237
Pursuit of the Grand Khan	p. 254
Oriente	p. 267
La Isla Espanola	p. 280
La Navidad	p. 297
Homeward Passage	p. 314
Azorean Agony	p. 324
In Portuguese Power	p. 336
Home Is the Sailor	p. 350
Diplomatic Interlude	p. 360
Spreading the News	p. 375
The Second Voyage To America
The Grand Fleet	p. 389
Many Marys	p. 400
Saints and Virgins	p. 412
Cibao	p. 430
Cuba and Jamaica	p. 445
The Queen's Garden	p. 454
Back to Isabela	p. 469
Hell in Hispaniola	p. 481
Crowded Crossing	p. 496
The Third Voyage to America
Preparations	p. 505
Trinidad	p. 515
Paria	p. 532
Terrestrial Paradise	p. 549
Terrestrial Inferno	p. 562
The Fourth Voyage To America
Last Chance	p. 575
Hurricane	p. 584
Search for a Strait	p. 594
Veragua	p. 609
Belen	p. 622
At Sea in a Sieve	p. 633
Marooned	p. 640
Rescue and End	p. 656
Index	p. 673
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