Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502 : photographic facsimile of the manuscript in the archives of the Foreign Office in Paris, now for the first time published, with expanded text, translation into English and an historical introduction

Author(s)

• Columbus, Christopher
• Barwick, G. F. (George Frederick)
• Harrisse, Henry
• Stevens, Benjamin Franklin

Bibliographic Information

Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502 : photographic facsimile of the manuscript in the archives of the Foreign Office in Paris, now for the first time published, with expanded text, translation into English and an historical introduction

the transliteration and translation by George F. Barwick ; the introduction by Henry Harrisse ; the whole compiled and edited with preface by Benjamin Franklin Stevens

B.F. Stevens, 1893

Other Title

Codex diplomaticus of Christopher Columbus

Note

"The original Codex on vellum is written on both sides of the leaf, and is here reproduced in same same form, but is interleaved with corresponding pages of transliteration and translation"--p. [9]

Appended to the Codex are facsimiles of the autograph letters of Columbus to Oderigo, and to the Bank of St. George, and of the Decree of the Republic of Genoa, 1670

Includes index

Details

• NCID: BB00322981
• LCCN: 02012566
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: spa
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: lxvi, 284 p., [1] leaf of plates
• Size: 37 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E114
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Columbus, Christopher
  • LCSH : America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
  • LCSH : Spain -- Charters, grants, privileges
  • LCSH : Spain -- History -- Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516 -- Sources