from MrsLee

This was a very good biography. Mr. Morris researched many original documents and other sources, as well as sailed the routes himself to get an idea of this man Columbus and what sort of man he was. He intersperses quotes from original documents, explains the sea terminology and geography of the ...

from tuckerresearch

A good, old-fashioned account of Christopher Columbus's life and voyages. Written in the 1940s by a historian of the old school, and a seaman to boot, it is chock full of nautical references, terminology, and description. If you're bored easily by tacks and compass points and knots and winds and ...

from Schmerguls

1016 Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus, by Samuel Eliot Morison (read 31 Jul 1969) (Pulitzer Biography prize for 1943) I think one of the main reasons I read this book was because it won a Pulitzer Prize. I have read with much appreciation other Morison books, but my commen...

from curls_99

In Admiral of the Ocean Sea, Morison gives a comprehensive biography of the life of Christopher Columbus. Apparently, Morison (who was a prolific author of the time and would win the Pulitzer again in 1960) was well known for the authority and readability of this books. I would emphasize the auth...

from curls_99

In Admiral of the Ocean Sea, Morison gives a comprehensive biography of the life of Christopher Columbus. Apparently, Morison (who was a prolific author of the time and would win the Pulitzer again in 1960) was well known for the authority and readability of this books. I would emphasize the auth...