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Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492-1504

作者 Laurence Bergreen
出版社 PENGUIN GROUP (USA) INC.
商品描述 Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492-1504:HeknewnothingofcelestialnavigationoroftheexistenceofthePacificOcean.Hewasaself-promotingandambitiousentrepreneur.Hismapsw

內容簡介

內容簡介 He knew nothing of celestial navigation or of the existence of the Pacific Ocean. He was a self-promoting and ambitious entrepreneur. His maps were a hybrid of fantasy and delusion. When he did make land, he enslaved the populace he found, encouraged genocide, and polluted relations between peoples. He ended his career in near lunacy. But Columbus had one asset that made all the difference, an inborn sense of the sea, of wind and weather, and of selecting the optimal course to get from A to B. Laurence Bergreen's energetic and bracing book gives the whole Columbus and most importantly, the whole of his career, not just the highlight of 1492. Columbus undertook three more voyages between 1494 and 1504, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. By their conclusion, Columbus was broken in body and spirit, a hero undone by the tragic flaw of pride. If the first voyage illustrates the rewards of exploration, this book shows how the subsequent voyages illustrate the costs - political, moral, and economic.

作者介紹

作者介紹 Laurence Bergreen is the author of several award-winning biographies, including those of Louis Armstrong, Al Capone, Irving Berlin, and James Agee. He has written for many national publications including Esquire and Newsweek, taught at the New School for Social Research, and served as Assistant to the President of the Museum of Television and Radio in New York. Bergreen has also served as a nonfiction judge for the National Book Awards and as a judge for the PEN Albrand Nonfiction Award. Bergreen lives in New York City.Laurence Bergreen is the author of several award-winning biographies, including those of Louis Armstrong, Al Capone, Irving Berlin, and James Agee. He has written for many national publications including Esquire and Newsweek, taught at the New School for Social Research, and served as Assistant to the President of the Museum of Television and Radio in New York. Bergreen has also served as a nonfiction judge for the National Book Awards and as a judge for the PEN Albrand Nonfiction Award. Bergreen lives in New York City.

商品規格

書名 / Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492-1504
作者 / Laurence Bergreen
簡介 / Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492-1504:HeknewnothingofcelestialnavigationoroftheexistenceofthePacificOcean.Hewasaself-promotingandambitiousentrepreneur.Hismapsw
出版社 / PENGUIN GROUP (USA) INC.
ISBN13 / 9780143122104
ISBN10 / 014312210X
EAN / 9780143122104
誠品26碼 / 2680715532003
頁數 / 448
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裝訂 / P:平裝
語言 / 3:英文
級別 / N:無