Willie a deese biography of christopher columbus

There are countless books on Christopher Columbus, and it comes with good reason, he was an Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

&#;By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination,&#; he remarked.

In order to get to the bottom of what inspired one of history’s most consequential figures to explore the treacherous unknown, we’ve compiled a list of the 5 best books on Christopher Columbus.

Admiral of the Ocean Sea by Samuel Eliot Morison

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Admiral of the Ocean Sea is Samuel Eliot Morison&#;s classic biography of the greatest sailor of them all, Christopher Columbus.

It is written with the insight, energy, and authority that only someone who had himself sailed in Columbus&#;s path to the New W