The Life of Christopher Columbus
Published on 3. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
382 pages
978-1-64679-238-2 (ISBN)
Description
"…Christopher Columbus, the most illustrious of all the pioneers of the New World. Columbus had his enemies. He has been vehemently assailed. The writer has endeavored to give a perfectly correct account of his character and career…" —John S.C. Abbott, Preface, 1875
American historian John S.C. Abbott wrote The Life of Christopher Columbus (1875) as part of his American Pioneers and Patriots series. Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) Italian explorer and colonizer, whose four transatlantic voyages (1492–93, 1493–96, 1498–1500, and 1502–04) opened the New World for European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
538 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64679-238-2 (9781646792382)
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JOHN S.C. ABBOTT (1805-1877) was an American historian, pastor, and writer. He wrote about Christian ethics and is known for his popular History of Napoleon Bonaparte (1855) and for his series on American Pioneers and Patriots, which includes Daniel Boone, Peter Stuyvesant, John Paul Jones, and many more (also available from Cosimo Classics). He was a brother of Jacob Abbott, also writer, and collaborated with him in his Makers of History series.