As the Quincentennial Celebration of Christopher Columbus's discovery of America approaches, interest in the voyage, and in the questions surrounding it, continues to grow. This definitive edition of Columbus's account of the voyage presents the most accurate printed version of his journal available to date. Unfortunately both Columbus's original manuscript, presented to Ferdinand and Isabella along with other evidence of his discoveries, and a single complete copy have been lost for centuries. The primary surviving record of the voyage-part quotation, part summary of the complete copy-is a transcription made by Bartolom de las Casas in the 1530s.
This new edition of the Las Casas manuscript presents its entire contents-including notes, insertions, and canceled text-more accurately, completely, and graphically than any other Spanish text published so far. In addition, the new translation, which strives for readability and accuracy, appears on pages facing the Spanish, encouraging on-the- spot comparisons of the translation with the original. Study of the work is further facilitated by extensive notes, documenting differences between the editors' transcription and translation and those of other transcribers and translators and summarizing current research and debates on unanswered current research and debates on unanswered questions concerning the voyage. In addition to being the only edition in which Spanish and English are presented side by side, this edition includes the only concordance ever prepared for the Diario.
Awaited by scholars, this new edition will help reduce the guesswork that has long plagued the study of Columbus's voyage. It may shed light on a number of issues related to Columbus's navigational methods and the identity of his landing places, issues whose resolution depend, at least in part, on an accurate transcription of the Diario. Containing day-by-day accounts of the voyage and the first sighting of land, of the first encounters with the native populations and the first appraisals of his islands explored, and of a suspenseful return voyage to Spain, the Diario provides a fascinating and useful account to historians, geographers, anthropologists, sailors, students, and anyone else interested in the discovery-or in a very good sea story.
Автор: Prentiss D. W. Название: Address Delivered at the Opening of the Medical Department of the Columbian University, District of Columbia, October 1, 1892: With a Sketch of Life a ISBN: 1397322276 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781397322272 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 22410.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Excerpt from Address Delivered at the Opening of the Medical Department of the Columbian University, District of Columbia, October 1, 1892: With a Sketch of Life and Work of Edward T. Fristoe, LL. D., Late Professor of Chemistry, Columbian University When you have achieved the honorable aim of your ambition, and are launched out in your career, it will be your privilege, continually, to save life in the prao tice of your regular work; but you may not expect public recognition of the same, nor indeed 'will you often be cheered by private acknowledgment of the service rendered. But you will not be without your reward. A quiet conscience of duty well performed, a high standing in the community, the respect and confi dence of your neighbors. And an assured support these are the encouragements to look forward to, to stimulate you to enthusiasm in your studies, when hours Of lectures drag wearily on, and the benches seem to grow each day harder and less inviting. You will need all the ambition you can command, at times, to spur you on. But remember always that the prize striven for is worthy of the sacrifice. Your Professors, I am sure, will spare no labor nor pains to make your training thorough, but the extent to which they suc ceed will depend upon the united efforts of both students and teachers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Автор: Columb Sean Название: Trading Life: Organ Trafficking, Illicit Networks, and Exploitation ISBN: 1503608077 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781503608078 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 91960.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
This groundbreaking book investigates the emergence and evolution of the organ trade across North Africa and Europe. Se n Columb illuminates the voices and perspectives of organ sellers and brokers to demonstrate how crime and immigration controls produce circumstances where the business of selling organs has become a feature of economic survival.
Drawing on the experiences of African migrants, Trading Life brings together five years of fieldwork charting the development of the organ trade from an informal economic activity into a structured criminal network operating within and between Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Eritrea, and Europe. Ground-level analysis provides new insight into the operation of organ trading networks and the impact of current legal and policy measures in response to the organ trade. Columb reveals how investing financial and administrative resources into law enforcement and border securitization at the expense of social services has led to the convergence of illicit smuggling and organ trading networks and the development of organized crime.
Trading Life delivers a powerful and grounded analysis of how economic pressures and the demands of survival force people into exploitative arrangements, like selling a kidney, that they would otherwise avoid. This fascinating and accessible book is a must read for anyone interested in migration, organized crime, and exploitation.
Автор: Prentiss D. W. Название: Address Delivered at the Opening of the Medical Department of the Columbian University, District of Columbia, October 1, 1892: With a Sketch of Life a ISBN: 1397321822 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781397321824 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 7330.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Excerpt from Address Delivered at the Opening of the Medical Department of the Columbian University, District of Columbia, October 1, 1892: With a Sketch of Life and Work of Edward T. Fristoe, LL. D., Late Professor of Chemistry, Columbian University When you have achieved the honorable aim of your ambition, and are launched out in your career, it will be your privilege, continually, to save life in the prao tice of your regular work; but you may not expect public recognition of the same, nor indeed 'will you often be cheered by private acknowledgment of the service rendered. But you will not be without your reward. A quiet conscience of duty well performed, a high standing in the community, the respect and confi dence of your neighbors. And an assured support these are the encouragements to look forward to, to stimulate you to enthusiasm in your studies, when hours Of lectures drag wearily on, and the benches seem to grow each day harder and less inviting. You will need all the ambition you can command, at times, to spur you on. But remember always that the prize striven for is worthy of the sacrifice. Your Professors, I am sure, will spare no labor nor pains to make your training thorough, but the extent to which they suc ceed will depend upon the united efforts of both students and teachers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
