| A Synoptic Edition of the Log of Columbus's First Voyage Contributor(s): Lardicci, Francesca (Editor), Bertolucci Pizzorusso, Valeria (Editor), Chamberlin, Cynthia L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 2503508731 ISBN-13: 9782503508733 Publisher: Brepols Publishers OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Language: Italian Published: May 1999 Annotation: Columbus left written records of each of the four voyages to the Indies he made as the envoy of the king and queen of Spain, compiled as the circumstances of his life grew more complicated with the political and governmental problems associated with the exploration and colonization of the New World. The journals which Columbus wrote for each voyage have been lost and Columbus's own writings are composed entirely of narrative letters corresponding to single phases of expeditions. One exception is this text, Columbus's Log, transmitted in a single manuscript and written in the hand of Las Casas. The document is not a complete copy but a version that is in part a summary and in part a literal transcription of a source described at its outset as Libro de la primera navegacion y descubrimiento d'estas Indias. The original Columbian text was probably delivered to the king and queen at Barcelona in April 1493 on the return from his first voyage. This edition comprises an introduction, English translations of the three texts (DB, FH and LC) and critical editions of the three Spanish original texts, plus commentary. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | North American - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Latin America - South America |
| Dewey: 970.015 |
| LCCN: 99217408 |
| Series: Essais, |
| Physical Information: 1.95" H x 7.22" W x 10.08" (3.69 lbs) 698 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The single most crucial document for Columbian scholarship is Christopher Columbus's log, or day-by-day account, of his first voyage to the New World. The original document has not survived, but three texts transmit versions of the log: a unique manuscript summary of Columbus's account, written in the hand of Bartolome de Las Casas; chapters 15-41 of the Historie attributed to Fernando Colon and translated into Italian by Alfonso de Ulloa; and the reports of Columbus's first voyage contained in book 1, chapters 35-75 of Las Casas's Historia de las Indias. Now, for the first time, Columbian scholars have access to the three texts in a single volume presented in a form which allows detailed comparisons among them. Using Las Casas's summary of the original log as the text of reference, Dr Lardicci has carefully identified in the other two texts, using a simple system of numbering, corresponding passages, expansions of the reference text, and completely new material. In addition, this entirely unprecedented synoptic edition contains new scholarly editions of the three texts accompanied by new English translations. Dr Lardicci introduces her work with a detailed and fascinating study of the histories of the three texts, their individual characteristics, and the relationships among them. Useful commentary on unusual terminology and a new edition and transation of the notations, or postils, found in the margins of Las Casas's summary account, complete this fascinating volume. |
