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020			_a9780349107448 (pbk.) : _c39.00 BND
100	1		_aHUNTFORD Roland
245			_aShackleton / _cRoland Huntford
300			_axxiv, 774 p. [16]p. of plates: ill., maps, ports; 20cm
260			_aLondon : _bAbacus, _c1996
504			_aIncludes bibliographical reference and index
520			_aA novel about Columbus' young manhood, which carries him to middle age and the successful end of his six-year appeal to Isabella for three ships to cross the Atlantic. Once afloat, the tale catches a lively wind. At an early age he became adept at hiding his feelings; young Christopher had to keep to himself the fantastic stories of Terra Nova told him by Ion Scolvessen, a Norwegian who had crossed the North Atlantic in a Viking ship and whose people had had commerce with the Indians of Vinland for over 500 years. Eventually, Columbus is hired to do some mapmaking for a cartographic studio, looks up Scolvessen, and sails with him to the Norse community in Terra Nova. Scolvessen is a moody, wittily sardonic mariner drawn with a certain sophistication. Christopher spends nearly a year in Terra Nova disguised as a Franciscan monk, sires an Indian child, and at last returns to Europe to outfit the return expedition. Huntford revives the old hypothesis of Columbus' preview of the New World and provides intrigue, adventure, devirgination.
650			_aTRAVEL _xEXPLORERS _xGREAT BRITAIN
650			_aTRAVEL _xANTARTICA _xDISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION _xBRITISH
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945			_i35410-2001 _rY _sY
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