Columbus, the great adventure: his life, his times, and his voyages

Genoa : the spell of the sea

Columbus's cultural roots

Chios : the spell of the Orient

Portugal

Iceland and the lost discovery of the Norsemen

Lisbon, marriage, and Porto Santo

Master of the Atlantic

Reaching East by sailing West : a new way of thinking

Scientific support : Toscanelli

The proposed plan refused by the king of Portugal

Spain : Father Marchena

The consolation of Beatriz de Arana

Desperation

All wishes granted

Gomera, womb of America

The first ocean crossing

San Salvador : the first encounter

"Asia"

Discoveries in the new lands

The peoples of the new lands

The myth of gold

Shipwreck

Discovery of the route home

Mockery and triumph

The second voyage

Tragedy

The gold mine

Exploration of Cuba and Jamaica and misfortunes at La Isabela

War and slavery

Humiliating return to Spain

The Treaty of Tordesillas, Ferrer, Vespucci, and preparation for the third voyage

"Another world"

A mysterious intuition

Coup d'etat at Santo Domingo

To complete the uncompleted : the fourth voyage

Ciriqui : the shattered dream

Veragua : gold and Coca

Santa Gloria

The last crossing and death

Columbus the man, protagonist in the Great Undertaking

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