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Book/Printed Material Personal narrative of the first voyage of Columbus to America : from a manuscript recently discovered in Spain

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Title

  • Personal narrative of the first voyage of Columbus to America : from a manuscript recently discovered in Spain

Names

  • Columbus, Christopher
  • Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566
  • Kettell, Samuel, 1800-1855
  • John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Boston : Published by T.B. Wait and Son, and sold by Wait, Greene and Co., Boston, and C. Arvill, New-York, and Carey and Lea, Philadelphia, 1827.

Headings

  • -  Columbus, Christopher--Diaries
  • -  America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish
  • -  Explorers--America--Diaries
  • -  Explorers--Spain--Diaries

Notes

  • -  Las Casas's abridgement of Columbus's Journal, translated by Samuel Kettell. Cf. Pref.
  • -  Shoemaker 28551
  • -  Thacher, II, p. 10 (Americana)
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1993.166.00.0001
  • -  Revisit for NEW INPUT cataloging.

Medium

  • 303 p. ; 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E118 .C714
  • E118 .C714 Copy 2 Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation; in ink on front free endpaper: Mr. Gardner Hanson.
  • Thacher A682 Stamp mark of former owner New York Lyceum on t.p., also bookplate of John Wheelwright Greaton.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 02008207

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Columbus, Christopher, Bartolomé De Las Casas, Samuel Kettell, John Boyd Thacher Collection, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Personal narrative of the first voyage of Columbus to America: from a manuscript recently discovered in Spain. Boston: Published by T.B. Wait and Son, and sold by Wait, Greene and Co., Boston, and C. Arvill, New-York, and Carey and Lea, Philadelphia, 1827. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/02008207/.

APA citation style:

Columbus, C., Casas, B. D. L., Kettell, S., John Boyd Thacher Collection & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1827) Personal narrative of the first voyage of Columbus to America: from a manuscript recently discovered in Spain. Boston: Published by T.B. Wait and Son, and sold by Wait, Greene and Co., Boston, and C. Arvill, New-York, and Carey and Lea, Philadelphia. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/02008207/.

MLA citation style:

Columbus, Christopher, et al. Personal narrative of the first voyage of Columbus to America: from a manuscript recently discovered in Spain. Boston: Published by T.B. Wait and Son, and sold by Wait, Greene and Co., Boston, and C. Arvill, New-York, and Carey and Lea, Philadelphia, 1827. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/02008207/>.