The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 181National Geographic Society., 1992 - Geography |
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... Columbus . With the letter was a map incorporating Toscanelli's theories . Columbus probably possessed a copy . The Toscanelli map and letter either began or confirmed Columbus's interest in the idea of sailing west across a relatively ...
... Columbus . With the letter was a map incorporating Toscanelli's theories . Columbus probably possessed a copy . The Toscanelli map and letter either began or confirmed Columbus's interest in the idea of sailing west across a relatively ...
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... Columbus also acquired his own small book collection . EEKING COLUMBUS'S THOUGHT through the works he owned , I returned to Seville's magnificent cathedral to visit the Biblioteca Colombina , which holds ten of them . There the director ...
... Columbus also acquired his own small book collection . EEKING COLUMBUS'S THOUGHT through the works he owned , I returned to Seville's magnificent cathedral to visit the Biblioteca Colombina , which holds ten of them . There the director ...
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... Columbus was rowed out to a caravel bound for Spain in 1500 . Ferdinand and Isabella had been very disturbed by reports of Columbus's excesses - charges that he ruthlessly ordered the exe- cution of Spaniards who re- belled against him ...
... Columbus was rowed out to a caravel bound for Spain in 1500 . Ferdinand and Isabella had been very disturbed by reports of Columbus's excesses - charges that he ruthlessly ordered the exe- cution of Spaniards who re- belled against him ...
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