A history of the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus

Book • 1828

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Lawrence Principe

as the (fictionalized) source Andrew Dickson White and John William Draper used incorrectly to claim medieval belief in a flat earth.

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Thomas Magby

as a book by Washington Irving, noting it contains both truth and fiction.

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Sebastian Major

as Washington Irving's 1828 biography that addressed evidence for early Scandinavian contact.

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Max Williams

as Washington Irving's biography of Christopher Columbus.

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Holly Fry

as a fictionalized and favorable biography of Columbus, published in 1828.

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