page_title: The Last Voyage of Columbus
section_title: Plot
hierarchical_section_title: The Last Voyage of Columbus / Plot
context_page_description: The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition, Including Accounts of Sword fight, Mutiny, Shipwreck, Gold, War, Hurricane and Discovery is a non-fiction book, authored by Martin Dugard and published in 2005 by Little, Brown and Company. The plot is a lifelong account of explorer Christopher Columbus and his founding of what is now often referred to as the New World. The book received positive reviews by critics.
context_section_description: The books topic focuses on Christopher Columbus's one last voyage to the ends of the earth. The voyage is his final chance to prove himself and thus become the first man ever to circumnavigate the world. The goal was to find a westward passage through Central America and reach the Maluku Islands, also known as the Spice Islands.
  His project turns into one of history's most epic-and forgotten-adventures. Columbus would later claim that this fourth voyage was his greatest. It was without question his riskiest and most challenging.
  "Of the four ships he led into the unknown, none returned. Columbus would face the worst storms a European explorer had ever encountered. He would battle to survive amid mutiny, war, and a shipwreck that left him stranded on the desert isle of Jamaica for almost a year. On his tail were his enemies, sent from Europe to track him down. In front of him: the unknown.
  The account of this final voyage brings Columbus to life as never before adventurer, businessman, father, tyrant, and hero"
caption: Christopher Columbus, the subject of the book, was an explorer and one of the first European founders of the Americas.
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