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2023-05-17
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The Life of Columbus

Sir Arthur Helps (1813 - 1875)

A factual account of the life of Christopher Columbus, from his early years, through discoveries in the New World, to his death in 1506. - Summary by Krista Zaleski

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Exploration

Language: English

Keyword(s): biography (334), America (93), Spain (51), explorers (14), Columbus (11)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface jenno
 00:09:49
Play 01 CHAPTER I. Early Discoveries in the Fifteenth Century, PART I jenno
 00:30:34
Play 02 CHAPTER I. Early Discoveries in the Fifteenth Century, PART II jenno
 00:29:59
Play 03 CHAPTER II. Early Years of Columbus Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:19:03
Play 04 CHAPTER III. Columbus in Spain Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:28:12
Play 05 CHAPTER IV. First Voyage Meliora Dockery
 00:40:00
Play 06 CHAPTER V. Homeward bound jenno
 00:23:57
Play 07 CHAPTER VI. Second Voyage of Discovery Meliora Dockery
 00:17:16
Play 08 CHAPTER VII. Illness; Further Discoveries; Plots against Columbus Maria Angela R. Aragon
 00:27:37
Play 09 CHAPTER VIII. Criminals sent to the Indies; Repartimientos; Insurrection DH2003
 00:13:08
Play 10 CHAPTER IX. Columbus's Third Voyage DH2003
 00:18:47
Play 11 CHAPTER X. Arrival at Hispaniola; Bad Treatment by Bobadlilla jenno
 00:19:01
Play 12 CHAPTER XI. Columbus pleads his Cause at Court; New Enterprise; Ovando, PART I Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:19:50
Play 13 CHAPTER XI. Columbus pleads his Cause at Court; New Enterprise; Ovando, PART II Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:27:11
Play 14 CHAPTER XII. Remarkable Despatch; Mutiny; Eclipse predicted, and its influence; Mutiny quelled Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
 00:25:11
Play 15 CHAPTER XIII. Falling Fortunes: Conclusion Kerry Adams
 00:13:15