Project Gutenberg 2013-02-10 Public domain in the USA. 246 Winsor, Justin 1831 1897 02007944 Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery Produced by Julia Miller, Matthias Grammel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) "Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery" by Justin Winsor is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work examines the life and explorations of Christopher Columbus, highlighting the various sources of information about his journeys, and the socio-political context surrounding his discoveries. It delves into how Columbus’s character and experiences contributed to the broader spirit of exploration during his time. At the start of the narrative, the author focuses on the various sources of documentation related to Columbus's life and voyages, emphasizing the significance of Columbus's own writings. Winsor notes the challenges historians face due to the complexities and inconsistencies in Columbus's accounts, as well as the limited availability of original documents. The opening chapters introduce the reader to the extensive documentary evidence surrounding Columbus's life, including his letters and the various biographical works that have attempted to portray his legacy. Through a detailed examination of these sources, Winsor sets the stage for a deeper exploration of Columbus's impact on the spirit of discovery that characterized the Age of Exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42059/42059-h/images/cover.jpg en Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506 America -- Discovery and exploration Discoveries in geography Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506 -- Bibliography Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506 -- Pictorial works E011 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 1648824 1648796 2024-09-17T15:04:27.362390 2023-09-18T09:49:19.996566 text/html text/html 1605123 2013-02-10T08:55:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 16310805 2013-02-10T08:55:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 16935356 2024-09-17T15:05:09.750703 application/epub+zip 16960018 2024-09-17T15:04:38.259393 application/epub+zip 662565 2024-09-17T15:04:32.690401 application/epub+zip 17346894 2024-09-17T15:05:26.968582 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 17203656 2024-09-17T15:04:58.960231 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 952459 2022-09-19T08:44:56.291993 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1337401 1337163 2024-09-17T15:04:21.582404 2023-09-18T09:49:14.626526 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1336477 2013-02-10T08:55:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 491643 2013-02-10T08:55:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1336836 2013-02-10T08:55:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 491222 2013-02-10T08:55:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21101 2024-09-17T15:05:27.184803 application/rdf+xml 15801 2024-09-17T15:04:32.979391 image/jpeg 2794 2024-09-17T15:04:32.841392 image/jpeg 16397677 2024-09-17T15:04:28.032404 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog