Columbus: The Accidental Hero - Jackson, Kevin
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The most influential voyages of all time were launched on a misunderstanding. When Columbus set sail from Spain in 1492, he had no intention of seeking out new lands. He was trying to reach China and India by a western sea route. And even after he landed on islands off the coast of America, he continued to believe that he was close to the realms of the Great Khan. COLUMBUS: THE ACCIDENTAL HERO tells the thrilling and little-known story of the reality behind the myth, and replaces the story-book Columbus by the much more fascinating and complex man who found the New World and changed our planet forever.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
The most influential voyages of all time were launched on a misunderstanding. When Columbus set sail from Spain in 1492, he had no intention of seeking out new lands. He was trying to reach China and India by a western sea route. And even after he landed on islands off the coast of America, he continued to believe that he was close to the realms of the Great Khan. COLUMBUS: THE ACCIDENTAL HERO tells the thrilling and little-known story of the reality behind the myth, and replaces the story-book Columbus by the much more fascinating and complex man who found the New World and changed our planet forever.
Autorenporträt
Kevin Jackson sadly died in 2022, he was a prolific writer, broadcaster and film-maker. His previous books include, five other titles in the Seven Ships Maritime History series, Constellation of Genius: 1922 and All That Jazz (Farrar Strauss Giroux), a history of modernism which was a Book of the Week in the Guardian and a Book of the Year in the Express; Invisible Forms (Picador); Carnal (Pallas Athene); and the authorised biography Humphrey Jennings (Picador).