Christoph Columbus Logbuch, als Geheimschrift von mir selbst, für meinen Sohn Diego, vom 3ten August 1492, an, geführt und mit Schildereien und Karten versehen worden
Publisher: Verlag von F. Bagel
Published: 1892
Place of publication: Düsseldorf
Language: ger
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: Fiction; Discovery and exploration; Spanish; Spanish Discovery and exploration
Notes: Imprint taken from label mounted on title page.

"Aufgefischt von C.M. Seyppel."

A spurious work purporting to be the logbook of Columbus, which, according to legend he threw into the sea during a storm, and which was found 400 years later.

Written in antiquated German, with paper and binding made to imitate in color and appearance a volume damaged by exposure to seawater; binding incorporating shells and other sea objects, to suggest that the book had been raised from the ocean.