Untrodden Lands: Columbus

The name of Christopher Columbus has forever entered the history of great navigation and geographical discoveries: he was the first to pave the way across the Atlantic to the American shores thanks to his persistence and determination. He is the subject of a national holiday, has been portrayed in numerous films, and is honored in the name of the country Colombia, cities, a crater, and an asteroid. However, his personality remains a mystery. Debunking myths and legends, British historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto has created the most complete biography of Columbus to date - a self-taught man desperately trying to gain favor at court, an adventurer, a dreamer. This book, written with the precision of a documentary chronicle, reads engagingly, like a captivating adventure novel. "Columbus was an uneducated man who knew of his ignorance, yet challenged the accepted wisdom of his time. His reverence for old texts did not prevent him from feeling delight whenever he could correct them based on experience. This makes him one of the last beacons of medieval cosmography and one of the first lighthouses of the Scientific Revolution..." (Felipe Fernandez-Armesto) The book is published in Russian in two series titled "Columbus: Untrodden Lands" (series "Persona") and "Untrodden Lands: Columbus" (series "Historical Interest").