Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus, Volume 1The first forty years -- Prologue -- Genoa -- Cheerfully at sea -- Lusitania -- The man Columbus -- The enterprise of the Indies -- In Castile -- The Queen consents -- Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria -- Officers and men -- The first voyage to America -- Bound away -- A day at sea -- How Columbus navigated -- Atlantic crossing -- Adelante! Adelante! -- Landfall -- The quest for Japan -- Pursuit of the Grand Khan -- Oriente -- La Isla Española -- La Navidad -- Homeward passage -- Azorean agony -- In Portuguese power -- Home is the sailor -- Diplomatic interlude -- Spreading the news -- The second voyage to America -- The Grand Fleet -- Many Marys -- Saints and virgins -- Cibao -- Cuba and Jamaica -- The Queen's Garden -- Back to Isabella -- Hell in Hispaniola -- Crowded crossing -- The third voyage to America -- Preparations -- Trinidad -- Paria -- Terrestrial Paradise -- Terrestrial Inferno -- The fourth voyage to America -- Last chance -- Hurricane -- Search for a strait -- Veragua -- Belén -- At sea in a sieve -- Marooned -- Rescue and end. |
Contents
Abbreviations Used in Notes | xi |
Ships and Sailing | xxi |
Prologue | 3 |
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