Christopher Columbus Book of privileges
Subtitle: 1502, the claiming of a new world
By: John W. Hessler, Daniel De Simone, Chet Van Duzer
Contributors: De Simone, Daniel; Van Duzer, Chet A., 1966-; Columbus, Christopher
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Levenger Press in association with the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Delray Beach, Florida
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781929154531
Subjects: Sources; Discovery and exploration; Spanish; History; Charters, grants, privileges
Description: "An interpretive examination of the legal documents that granted Columbus rights in and to the New World, with a facsimile of the original copy of the Book of Privileges that is housed in the Library of Congress"--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Prologue / John W. Hessler; title: [1] GEOGRAPHY; title: Columbus and the nature of a new world / Chet Van Duzer; title: [2] MYSTERY; title: A peculiar form of logic : the structure of medieval and Renaissance law / John W. Hessler; title: [3] FACSIMILE; title: How the Washington Codex was written; title: Contents of the Washington Codex; title: Translation of the Papal Bull Dudum Siquidem; title: [4] DISCOVERY; title: Columbus : a bibliographic journey / Daniel De Simone; title: Epilogue / John W. Hessler; title: Biographies.