The Life of Christopher Columbus
The Life of Christopher Columbus from his own Letters and Journals
by Edward Everett Hale
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OTHER DOCUMENTS OF HIS TIME.
PREFACE.
This book contains a life of Columbus, written with the hope of interesting all classes of readers.
His life has often been written, and it has sometimes been well written. The great book of our countryman, Washington Irving, is a noble model of diligent work given to a very difficult subject. And I think every person who has d ...