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Published by American Geographical Society, New York, 1924
Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 20.5 x 12.5 cm., [v], 148 pp., 16 maps and two other folding maps, index. Gray cloth covered boards with black labels and gilt lettering. on corner slightly bumped but overall fine. The four topics addressed in the book are 1) The Determination of the Length of a Terrestrial Degree by Columbus; 2) The Route of Columbus on His First Voyage as Evidence of His Knowledge of the Winds and Currents of the Atlantic; 3) Did Columbus Believe That He Reached Asia on His Fourth Voyage?; and 4) The Identity of "Florida" on the Cantino Map of 1502.