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| | ==Further reading== | | ==Further reading== |
| | + | * Bedini Silvio A., ed. ''Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia'' (1991); 787pp articles by 350 scholars; a major resource |
| | + | ** Bedini Silvio A. '' Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration'' (1998); 824pp encyclopedia |
| | + | * Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe. ''Columbus: And the Conquest of the Impossible'' (2nd ed. 2001), 128pp; good, short, scholarly |
| | * Morison, Samuel Eliot. '' Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus'' (2003 revised edition), 691pp; the best biography; written by an eminent conservative historian [http://www.amazon.com/Admiral-Ocean-Sea-Christopher-Columbus/dp/0316584789/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243893419&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search] | | * Morison, Samuel Eliot. '' Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus'' (2003 revised edition), 691pp; the best biography; written by an eminent conservative historian [http://www.amazon.com/Admiral-Ocean-Sea-Christopher-Columbus/dp/0316584789/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243893419&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search] |
| − | * Phillips, Carla Rahn. ''The Worlds of Christopher Columbus'' (1993) 340 pages | + | * Phillips, Carla Rahn. ''The Worlds of Christopher Columbus'' (1993) 340 pages, excellent popular biography |
| | * [http://www.questia.com/library/history/european-history/europe-1400-1789/christopher-columbus.jsp online books about Columbus] | | * [http://www.questia.com/library/history/european-history/europe-1400-1789/christopher-columbus.jsp online books about Columbus] |
| | + | * Wilford, John Noble. ''The Mysterious History of Columbus: An Exploration of the Man, the Myth, the Legacy'' (1991), the best popular biography; very well written |
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| | ===Historiography=== | | ===Historiography=== |
| | * Axtell, James. "Columbian Encounters: 1992-1995." ''William And Mary Quarterly'' 1995 52(4): 649-696. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2947042 in JSTOR], reviews the major publications | | * Axtell, James. "Columbian Encounters: 1992-1995." ''William And Mary Quarterly'' 1995 52(4): 649-696. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2947042 in JSTOR], reviews the major publications |