Bernard Quaritch Knihy

In 'The Spanish Letter of Columbus to Luis de Sant Angel Escribano de Racion of the Kingdom of Aragon dated 15 February 1493', Bernard Quaritch offers a facsimile and a facsimile translation of the letter that Columbus wrote to announce his discovery of the New World. This document is a key piece of the history of the encounter between Europe and America, and a testimony of the language and the culture of the time.

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