Read The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library

Edward Wilson-Lee

4.9/5 (33032 ratings)

Description:Created in 1539, the Biblioteca Colombina in Sevilla contains over 3000 books. This is but a fraction of one man’s life spent collecting every book on every subject – including antique and modern worlds, science and law, as well as playing cards, pornography, and popular music.Who was Hernando Columbus and how did he achieve this?Set to the backdrop of Christopher Columbus’ paradigm-defining explorations of the New World and beyond, and cutting across events of the Renaissance and Reformation, this book follows Hernando Columbus’ bibliomania and curation of the first ever library of its kind.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library. To get started finding The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 401

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1982111399

Description: Created in 1539, the Biblioteca Colombina in Sevilla contains over 3000 books. This is but a fraction of one man’s life spent collecting every book on every subject – including antique and modern worlds, science and law, as well as playing cards, pornography, and popular music.Who was Hernando Columbus and how did he achieve this?Set to the backdrop of Christopher Columbus’ paradigm-defining explorations of the New World and beyond, and cutting across events of the Renaissance and Reformation, this book follows Hernando Columbus’ bibliomania and curation of the first ever library of its kind.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library. To get started finding The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library

More Books

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books

Standard Catalog

Standard Catalog

Sale Catalogues

Sale Catalogues

Records of the Cape Colony from February 1793

Records of the Cape Colony from February 1793

Records of the Cape Colony: Dec. 1827

Records of the Cape Colony: Dec. 1827

The Shipwrecked mariner

The Shipwrecked mariner

Catalogue

Catalogue

Catalogue of the Library of the Royal United Service Institution, (to April 30th, 1889.)

Catalogue of the Library of the Royal United Service Institution, (to April 30th, 1889.)

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library