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A Contemporary History of Columbus

NPR | By Alex Chadwick

Published October 12, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to UCLA European history professor Geoffrey Symcox, who has just edited the 13th volume of a history of Christopher Columbus using documents written during the 15th and 16th centuries. His book Christopher Columbus and the Enterprise of the Indies: A Brief History with Documents will be available in paperback in January 2005.

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