Columbus' Success and the Discovery and Exchange System

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his collection of letters, permits, ordinances, capitulation’s, contracts and other documents from a number of archive collections reveals the policy of the Spanish Crown in allowing the process of discovery begun by Columbus to be opened up to others; it becomes apparent that the continuing process of discovery was carried out not by the Castilian aristocracy but rather by professional navigators with the skills needed to open up other worlds.

The facsimiles are presented in a special file in a presentation case. the accompanying volume contains a transcription and an analysis of royal policy by Professor Demetrio Ramos of the Royal Spanish Academy of History.

Limited edition of 980 numbered certified copies.

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