Christopher Columbus and the Portuguese, 1476-1498

List of contents

Introduction
Lisbon prior to 1492
Madeira
The Azores
Lisbon after 1492
Columbus's Debt to Portugal
Presumed Portuguese Nationality of Columbus
The Myth of Madeira and How It Began
Appendix
Index

About the author

REBECCA CATZ is Research Associate at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of California-Los Angeles. Her most recent book is The Travels of Mendes Pinto (1989).

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Catz, Catz Rebecca
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.09.1993
• EAN: 9780313288678
• ISBN: 978-0-313-28867-8
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Portugal, European History, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / World, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Azores, world history, Geographical discovery & exploration, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Geographical discovery and exploration, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Biography: adventurers and explorers, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands, HISTORY / Europe / Portugal