Download or read book The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Classic Reprint) written by Washington Irving and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus It is the object of the following work to relate the deeds and fortunes of the mariner who first had the judg ment to divine, and the intrepidity to brave, the mysteries of this perilous deep; and who, by his hardy genius, his' inflexible constancy, and his heroic courage, broughtthe ends of the earth into communication with each other. The narrative of his troubled life is the link which connects the history of the old world with that of the new. 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.