Download or read book The Life of Christopher Columbus written by J. J. Barry and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life of Christopher Columbus: From Authentic Spanish and Italian Documents; Compiled From the French of Roselly De Lorgues The work now offered to the public is a kind of compilation from the larger work of M. De Lorgues, entitled "Christopher Columbus. - The History of his Life and his Voyages, etc." But it may be proper to state here that having met with a few inaccuracies, typographical or otherwise, in the original, I have taken occasion to correct them in this work. Again, I found a few lacunae, which I considered it proper to fill up from my own researches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."