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Historical Sources

Christopher Columbus

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Christopher Columbus, “Journal of the First Voyage of Columbus,” in Journal of Christopher Columbus (during his first voyage, 1492- 93).

Ferdinand Columbus

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General History and Collection of Voyages of Travel, Volume III by Robert Kerr with translation of Ferdinand Columbus’s Account. 

Gonzalo Fernandez De Oviedo

Gonzalo Fernandez De Oviedo

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The Natural and General History of the Indies, Islands, and Mainland of the Ocean Sea: An English Translation of Oviedo.

Peter Martyr D'Anghiera

Gonzalo Fernandez De Oviedo

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De Orbe Novo Volume I by Peter Martyr 

Bartolome De Las Casas

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History of the Indies Volume I

History of the Indies Volume II

History of the Indies Volume III

A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies

Booker T. Washington

The Man Farthest Down by Booker Taliaferro Washington Southern Italians (Sicilians) are the men farthest down according to Booker T. Washington.

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