Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-232) and index.
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1492: End and a beginning -- Orient and the ocean sea -- Christoforo Colombo -- Planning and persuasion -- Vessels well suited -- Shipboard life and sailing -- Restoring and translating the journal -- Journal -- Appendix I: voyage seen through other eyes -- Appendix II: Payroll for the voyage -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Sources of illustrations and figures -- Index.