Unknown lands. Columbus. Fernandez-Armes F.

The name of Christopher Columbus has forever entered the history of great navigations and geographical discoveries: he was the first to pave the way through the Atlantic to the American shores due to his perseverance and determination. The national holiday is dedicated to him, many films have been shot about him, in his honor the country of Colombia, cities, crater, asteroid are named him. However, his personality still remains a mystery. Delassing myths and legends, the British historian Felip Fernandez-Armes, created the most complete biography of Columbus-self-taught, who was desperately trying to achieve the location at court, adventurer, dreamer. This book, written with the accuracy of documentary chronicle, is read fascinatingly, as if an exciting adventure novel.

“Columbus was an uneducated person who knew about his ignorance, but challenged the generally accepted wisdom of his time. The worship of the old texts did not prevent him from experiencing delight whenever he managed to adjust them on the basis of experience. This makes it one of the last lights of medieval cosmography and one of the first lighthouses of the scientific revolution... ”(Felipe Fernandez-Armes)

The book is released in Russian in two episodes under the names“ Columbus: Unknown lands ”(series“ ” And “person”) and “Unknown lands: Columbus” (series “Historical interest”).