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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

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	roselbex	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	roselbex	00:19:50
Play 13	CHAPTER XI. Columbus pleads his Cause at Court; New Enterprise; Ovando, PART II	roselbex	00:27:11
Play 14	CHAPTER XII. Remarkable Despatch; Mutiny; Eclipse predicted, and its influence; Mutiny quelled	roselbex	00:25:11
Play 15	CHAPTER XIII. Falling Fortunes: Conclusion	Kerry Adams	00:13:15

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