Select letters of Christopher Columbus
Subtitle: with other original documents, relating to his four voyages to the New World
By: translated and edited by R.H. Major.
Contributors: Major, Richard Henry, 1818-1891.; Alvarez Chanca, Diego.; John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Works issued by the Hakluyt Society
Publisher: Hakluyt Society
Published: 1870
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Columbus, Christopher -- Correspondence; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Early works to 1800; America -- Early accounts to 1600
Genres: Correspondence.; Early works to 1800.; Early accounts to 1600.
Notes: "The translated documents [in English, with Spanish at foot of page] are seven in number. Five of them are letters from the hand of Columbus himself ... Another ... is by Dr. Chanca ... and the seventh document is an extract from the will of Diego Mendez"--Introd.
Thacher, II, p. 10 (Americana)
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Bibliography; title: Poem / composed by Giuliano Dati; title: First voyage of Columbus; title: Second voyage of Columbus; title: Third voyage of Columbus; title: Fourth voyage of Columbus.