More Books by Ilaria Caraci

Find more titles by the world’s leading expert on Christopher Columbus. These stories, translated into English, will capture the imagination and shed new light on history’s most famous explorers.

Historie Concerning the Life and Deeds of the Don Admiral Christopher Columbus

Like Three Days in May, the story in Historie is an adventure, made up of complicated and tragic personal events (like those of the first translator, the Spanish Luis de Ulloa), of intrigue and lies. Attributed to Columbus' favorite son, Fernando, the Historie is actually a posthumous compilation from one of his writings. Despite this, it remains an irreplaceable source of information on the life of Columbus and the events of the early years of the Spanish conquest of America.

Christopher Columbus: Attributed to His Son Fernando Colon

One of the most important first-hand sources for Columbus's voyages, and for the intellectual and political context in which they occurred. Originally written in Spanish, it was published in Venice in 1571 in an Italian translation by Alfonso de Ulloa. Drawing on different sources from those used by Las Casas and Oviedo in their contemporary narratives, it provides a comprehensive view of the entire Columbian enterprise, and forms a fitting conclusion to the Repertorium Columbianum.