Notable Voyagers, From Columbus to Nordenskiold

by Henry Frith and William Henry Giles Kingston

In the year 1486 a council of learned professors of geography, mathematics, and all branches of science, erudite friars, accomplished bishops, and other dignitaries of the Church, were seated in the vast arched hall of the old Dominican convent of Saint Stephen in Salamanca, then the great seat of learning in Spain. They had met to hear a simple mariner, then standing in their midst, propound and defend certain conclusions at which he had arrived...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514775611
• ISBN13: 9781514775615
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"