Primary Source Historical Accounts

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

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

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

De Orbe Novo Volume I by Peter Martyr 

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

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