A discourse intended to commemorate the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
Subtitle: delivered at the request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts, on the 23d day of October, 1792, being the completion of the third century since that memorable event : to which are added four dissertations, connected with various parts of the discourse ...
By: by Jeremy Belknap
Contributors: Toscanelli, Paolo del Pozzo, 1397-1482
Series: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time
Publisher: Printed at the Apollo Press by Belknap and Hall
Published: 1792
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Columbus, Christopher; Behaim, Martin, -- 1459-1507; Discoveries in geography; Bees; Human skin color; America -- Discovery and exploration; Africa -- Discovery and exploration; America -- Antiquities
Notes: "Copied from the original in the Library of Congress."

Sabin 4431

Microfiche. Louisville, [Ky.] : Lost Cause Press, 1968. 6 microfiches : negative. (Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time)
Table of contents: title: A discourse on the discovery of America; title: Ode for the 23d of October, 1792; title: Dissertation I. On the circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients. Appendix: Table ... chronological detail of facts and opinions; title: Dissertation II. An examination of the pretensions of Martin Behaim, to a discovery of America, prior to that of Christopher Columbus. Appendix: no. I. Letters from Paul a physician of Florence, to Christopher Columbus, concerning the discovery of the Indies. no. II. A chronological detail of discoveries made in the fifteenth century, connected with events in the life of Columbus; title: Dissertation III. On the question, whether the honey bee is a native of America; title: Dissertation IV. On the colour of the native Americans, and the recent population of this continent