Dimensions
155 x 233 x 13mm
This biography of Christopher Columbus believes that Columbus is best understood as a primitive celestial navigator (he didn't even know how to use the instruments he took on board his voyages). Fuelled by a progressive religiosity yet strongly influenced by mysticism and millenarianism, he can be credited with the creation of an Atlantic civilisation embracing both the ocean's shores. In his new introduction the author calls into question the findings of his own and other historians' early assumptions and updates these with the findings of recent research.
A book that re-assesses Columbus and sets him firmly in the context of his time.
