The Conquest of Paradise -- Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy
by Sale, Kirkpatrick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0340533838
- ISBN 13
- 9780340533833
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1.2 kg; (8), 454 pages with chapter notes, source notes, and index, bound in original dark green papered boards, with colour illustrated dust jacket. The top left hand corner of the rear board has been bumped with similar crushing of the dust jacket at that point. There is no other damage to describe. This highly original and wide-ranging book offers a reassessment of the career of the man whose Caribbean landfall in 1492 change forever both the Old World and the New. Is the 1st new assessment in English in half a century and the 1st ever to place Columbus's achievement in full historical perspective, tracing it vividly is the through the last 5 centuries. Dustjacket blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Biography; Exploration; America; ISBN: 0340533838. ISBN/EAN: 9780340533833. Inventory No: 0236384. . 9780340533833
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0236384
- Title
- The Conquest of Paradise -- Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy
- Author
- Sale, Kirkpatrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0340533838
- ISBN 13
- 9780340533833
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- BZDB2 COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER, 1451-1506 EXPLORERS SPAIN_BIOGRAPHY North America History; Biography; Exploration; America; Unbranded ISBN: 0340533838 EAN: 9780340533833 Sale, Kirkpatrick The Conquest of Paradise -- Christopher Columbus and the Columbian L
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