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The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America

The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America


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This abridgement of the late Samuel Eliot Morison's magnum opus, The European Discovery of America, which the Journal of Southern History called "an epic work of true grandeur," and the Virginia Quarterly Review considered "a great book by a great historian," preserves the originality, scholarship, and vivid descriptions of the original volumes.

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"This edition is a welcome and handy reference to the major explorations, written by one of the most eminent historians of the century."--Bookman's Weekly "The best of [Morison's classic] accounts of the first voyages to North and South America were distilled...into this nicely illustrated abridgement."--Philadelphia Inquirer "In this magisterial work, the late Samuel Eliot Morison presents the voyages of the Cabots, Gilbert, Frobisher, Columbus, Magellan, Drake, and others. This paperback is chock full of maps, seafaring techniques, and all the excitement of a good adventure yarn."--Cultural Information Service On The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages: "What a story! And how worthily the writer tells it!...To read this book is to be a privileged passenger on the bridge beside a master mariner who...imparts the wisdoms of the deep in tones of a salty tang--brisk, skeptical, yet always measured."--The New York Times Book Review "One of the most readable and gripping histories in decades."--Boston Globe "It is in all ways admirable, written with wit and easy scholarship, and loaded with maps and pictures....[Morison] at his entertaining best."--The New Yorker "This is a great book by a great historian."--Virginia Quarterly Review On The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages: "An epic work of true grandeur."--Journal of Southern History "Dazzling."--The New Yorker. "An exemplary work of historical writing."--Newsweek. "With this volume, Admiral Morison climaxes a historian's career which itself merits a place in history....Morison is one of those adventuring originals who have the courage to see the past their own way and the power to give the past new life by making it more personal than ever before."--The New York Times.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780195042221
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford Paperbacks
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 784
  • Sub Title: The European Discovery of America
  • Width: 227 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0195042220
  • Publisher Date: 21 May 1987
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 36 mm
  • Weight: 1015 gr


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