The Horizons Of Christopher Columbus Using The Heavens To Map America

Author : Arne Molander
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105863352
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Horizons of Christopher Columbus: Using the Heavens to Map America written by Arne Molander and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The horizons were of fundamental importance to Columbus. The western horizon was the focus of his lifelong quest for undiscovered territory. He used the stars grazing his northern horizon as his guides for sailing constant latitudes, and the lunar-planetary conjunctions (LPCs) at his eastern and western horizons to measure his longitudes. Most 15th Century oceanic sailors knew how to sail constant latitudes guided by the stars, but few, other than Columbus, knew how to use the heavens to measure longitude. His innovative navigation method measured longitudes by comparing measurements of LPCs at his eastern and western horizons using celestial data tabulated in his Ephemerides. Major findings include: Columbus used celestial events, he served on a 1477 voyage to Nova Scotia, comprehensive evidence reveals his 1492 landfall was at Egg Island, Amerigo Vespucci beat Ponce de Leon to Florida by a dozen years, and Columbus may have facilitated a deliberate sinking of the Santa Maria.

Author : Al M. Rocca
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476687552
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mapping Christopher Columbus written by Al M. Rocca and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-02-10 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact of Christopher Columbus's first transatlantic voyage launched an unprecedented explosion of European exploration. Throughout the last 500 years, scholars have recognized this transforming event, and they have written extensively on the subject. To date, no American author has dedicated a book to Columbus's life before 1492. This biography does so, with a focus on geographical experiences that affected his formulation of a transatlantic concept. Incorporating extensive research from American and European scholars (historians, geographers, anthropologists, and cartographers), the author proposes that Columbus systematically built a transatlantic voyage proposal from knowledge gained on previous voyages in the Mediterranean Sea and Eastern Atlantic Ocean. The book's extensive use of maps place Columbus's actions on specific land and ocean locations. Persons interested in gleaning more information about Columbus's maritime background will find a plethora of maps to visualize the extent of his early travels.

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : London : J. Murray
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The life and voyages of Christopher Columbus; together with the voyages of his companions written by Washington Irving and published by London : J. Murray. This book was released on 1849 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Columbus
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141920424
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus written by Christopher Columbus and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-02-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria in the Americas in 1492 - an event that paved the way for the conquest of a 'New World'. The accounts collected here provide a vivid narrative of his voyages throughout the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Columbus himself is revealed as a fascinating and contradictory figure, fluctuating from awed enthusiasm to paranoia and eccentric geographical speculation. Prey to petty quarrels with his officers, his pious desire to bring Christian civilization to 'savages' matched by his rapacity for gold, Columbus was nonetheless an explorer and seaman of staggering vision and achievement.

Author : Edward Everett Hale
Publisher : ARC Manor
ISBN 13 : 9781649731036
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Christopher Columbus. with Appendices and the Colombus Map, Drawn Circa 1490 in the Workshop of Bartolomeo and Christopher Columbus in Lis written by Edward Everett Hale and published by ARC Manor. This book was released on 2008-05-15 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Columbus born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas. His expeditions, sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, were the first European contact with the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.

Author : Steven Otfinoski
Publisher : Benchmark Education Company
ISBN 13 : 1450907679
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Voyages of Christopher Columbus written by Steven Otfinoski and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four times Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Along the way, he lived through storms and shipwrecks. He visited many islands and met native peoples. He started colonies for Spain. Once he was sent home in chains. Columbus always believed he had reached the East, or Asia. One of the most famous explorers of all times never knew where he had been!

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : New York : G. & C. Carvill
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus written by Washington Irving and published by New York : G. & C. Carvill. This book was released on 1828 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Columbus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America written by Christopher Columbus and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clint Twist
Publisher : Raintree
ISBN 13 : 9780811472531
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christopher Columbus written by Clint Twist and published by Raintree. This book was released on 1994 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the background, voyages, discoveries, and historical significance of Christopher Columbus.

Author : Christopher Columbus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Select Letters of Christopher Columbus written by Christopher Columbus and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: