The Last Voyage of Columbus, (Paperback)

from JGolomb

I've read Martin Dugard before. His "Into Africa" traces Henry Morgan Stanley's search for British Explorer David Livingstone deep in the African jungle. "Farther Than Any Man" follows the career of Explorer James Cook. He wrote "The Murder of King Tut" with perennial fiction bestselling author J...

from ursula

I love books about explorers, for some reason - I've read about Magellan and Shackleton. I love books about ships - I really enjoy Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander series. I have no idea what it is that draws me to these sorts of topics, but it's no surprise that I picked this book up. So m...

from stephenrbown

Like other readers, I found this book to be well researched yet fast-paced. I didn't know much about Columbus's last voyage, only about his first. I learned a lot about Columbus despite being fairly well read on the early voyages to the Americas. A great true adventure tale

from Big_Bang_Gorilla

As promised, this book details Christopher Columbus' fourth, final, and most cataclysmic voyage of exploration in the Caribbean. The book is a page-turner, informative as it fleshes out the spotty information we are given in school and popular culture and always entertaining, as will happen when ...

from davesmind

This is one of my favorites biographies with a surprising amount of detail and tension. At times it feels more like a thriller. It is both great history and a marvelous story. Dugard has brought Columbus to life with a fast paced, suspenseful account of his last voyage. You will likely come away ...