The last voyage of Columbus : being the epic tale of the great captain's fourth expedition, including accounts of swordfight, mutiny, shipwreck, gold, war, hurricane, and discovery / Martin Dugard.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-280) and index.
Contents
In chains -- [Pt. 1] Love and hope and sex and dreams. The voyage the whole world remembers ; The passage ; Good taste ; Power ; In which Ferdinand and Isabella realize their great mistake ; The unexpected Portuguese triumph ; Mouth of the serpent ; In the shape of a woman's breast ; Bishop and pawns -- [Pt. 2] Paradise lost. The administrator ; Tears of rage ; Shipping out ; The crossing -- [Pt. 3] Adventures of a perilous and swashbuckling nature ; The unknown ; Mosquito ; Ojeda, again ; Shipworms -- [Pt. 4] War. Dark December ; Caribbean sprint ; Barely afloat -- [Pt. 5] Cast away. Columbus's new world ; Open boat ; The Porras conspiracy ; Civil war.
Summary
An account of Columbus's fourth and final voyage describes the aging captain's determination to find a passage to the Orient, recounting how his efforts where challenged by shipwreck, mutiny, and political treachery.
