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  • - and other documents illustrative of his Career
    av Amerigo Vespucci & Clements R Markham
    349,-

    The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci - and other documents illustrative of his Career is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

  • av Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci & Thomas Harriot
    454,-

  • av Clements R. Markham & Amerigo Vespucci
    168,-

    Adventurer, merchant and mapper of the New World, Amerigo Vespucci?s life is fascinating and vivid ? his letters, published here in full, reveal his discoveries.Born in Florence in the mid-15th century, Vespucci expressed an interest in the newly-discovered lands across the Atlantic Ocean from an early age. Educated by his uncle, a learned Dominican friar, in youth that Vespucci displayed a talent for money matters and mathematics ? these talents helped during his sea expeditions, which saw him draw many of the first maps made of South America's coast.This book does not merely contain Vespucci?s own writings, but also letters of other authors who refer to him and his accomplishments. Christopher Columbus praised Vespucci?s competence, while he is alluded to multiple times in the writings of historian Bartolome de las Casas. The compiler, annotator and translator of these correspondences is Clements R. Markham, who is keen to reveal the character and deeds that underpin Amerigo Vespucci?s reputation.

  • av Clements R. Markham & Amerigo Vespucci
    362,-

    Adventurer, merchant and mapper of the New World, Amerigo Vespucci?s life is fascinating and vivid ? his letters, published here in full, reveal his discoveries.Born in Florence in the mid-15th century, Vespucci expressed an interest in the newly-discovered lands across the Atlantic Ocean from an early age. Educated by his uncle, a learned Dominican friar, in youth that Vespucci displayed a talent for money matters and mathematics ? these talents helped during his sea expeditions, which saw him draw many of the first maps made of South America's coast.This book does not merely contain Vespucci?s own writings, but also letters of other authors who refer to him and his accomplishments. Christopher Columbus praised Vespucci?s competence, while he is alluded to multiple times in the writings of historian Bartolome de las Casas. The compiler, annotator and translator of these correspondences is Clements R. Markham, who is keen to reveal the character and deeds that underpin Amerigo Vespucci?s reputation.

  • - Documents of his Discoveries, Exploration and Mapping of the New World and South Americas
    av Amerigo Vespucci & Clements R Markham
    140,-

    Adventurer, merchant and mapper of the New World, Amerigo Vespucci's life is fascinating and vivid - his letters, published here in full, reveal his discoveries.Born in Florence in the mid-15th century, Vespucci expressed an interest in the newly-discovered lands across the Atlantic Ocean from an early age. Educated by his uncle, a learned Dominican friar, it was in youth that Vespucci displayed a talent for money matters and mathematics - this gift for figures would pay dividends during his later sea expeditions, which saw him draw many of the first maps ever made of the coastline of South America.This book does not merely contain Vespucci's own writings, but also the letters of other authors who refer to him and his accomplishments. Christopher Columbus had praise for Vespucci's competence, while he is alluded to multiple times in the writings of historian Bartolome de las Casas. The compiler, annotator and translator of these relevant correspondences is Clements R. Markham, who is keen to reveal the character and deeds that underpin Amerigo Vespucci's reputation as a great explorer.As a gateway into the exploratory and navigational events accompanying the Italian Renaissance, this book is superb. All of Markham's original notes and scholarly references are included, being appended to the conclusion of the book.

  • av Amerigo Vespucci
    375,-

    The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) became a controversial figure after the publication of two letters attempting to undermine Christopher Columbus. These letters and other documents are provided in this volume.

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