Samuel Eliot Morison
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1986, c1978
Physical Desc
xxv, 752 p. : ill., maps, facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The great voyages of discovery to the New World are here brought to life by one of the twentieth century's most eminent historians, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Samuel Morison. A master seaman himself, Morison personally retraced the voyages of the early explorers, charting his travels in maps and photographs and comparing these to the maps and travelogues of the early sailors. The resulting two-volume The European Discovery of America was widely...