Christopher Columbus

Ernle Bradford, Christopher Columbus. The Viking Press Inc, 1973, 288 pp. figures, maps, bibliography, index.

Ernle Bradford is the author of Drake, Southward the Caravels, a biography of Henry the Navigator, and a number of other books connected with the history of sea exploration. A sailor himself, he has followed in the wake of Columbus across the Atlantic, as well as subsequently cruising under sail around the West Indian islands that the great navigator discovered.

Christopher Columbus is a book about the life and accomplishments of Christopher Columbus. The book gives intricate details on his journeys to the “New World” and it also describes navigation techniques and the actual boats used in the journey across the Atlantic. The author intended audience was to anyone who was interested in Christopher Columbus life and his journeys.

The book examines the life and accomplishments of Christopher Columbus in the broad context of European and world history. His jo...