Rights of Discovery: Christopher Columbus's Final Appeal to King Fernando...Derechos de Discubrimiento by Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506

54 pages with 5 photographic pages of original leaves. Includes Reproducción del texto original español impreso en Barcelona (Pedro Posa, 1493). Transcripción y reconstitución del mismo, con notas críticas. Historia del impreso y de su influencia en la Historia Universal by Carlos Sanz. Folio (14" x 10") bound in original pictorial wrappers. Columbus's letter on the first voyage is the first known document announcing the results of the first voyage of Christopher Columbus that set out in 1492 and reached the Americas. The letter was ostensibly written by Columbus himself, on February 15, 1493, aboard the caravel Niña, while still at sea, on the return leg of his voyage. A post-script was added upon his arrival in Lisbon on March 4, 1493, and it was probably from there that Columbus dispatched two copies of his letter to the Spanish court. The letter was instrumental in spreading the news throughout Europe about Columbus's voyage. Almost immediately after Columbus's arrival in Spain, printed… Read More