Books by William D. Phillips Jr.
“The strength of this book is that the Phillips are historians of this time period in the history of the Atlantic world and the Mediterranean world. They really understand the historical context. And they do a very good job of emphasising a crucial point, one that I emphasise too, which is that Columbus was not alone. He was part of a phenomenon involving hundreds of ships and many thousands of Italians, Spaniards and Portuguese who were, in his lifetime, all exploring the Atlantic Ocean.” Read more...
The best books on Christopher Columbus
Matthew Restall, Historian
Interviews where books by William D. Phillips Jr. were recommended
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Columbus: And the Conquest of the Impossible
by Felipe Fernández-Armesto -
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The Worlds of Christopher Columbus
by Carla Rahn Phillips & William D. Phillips Jr. -
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Toward the Setting Sun: Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, and the Race for America
by David Boyle -
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The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library
by Edward Wilson-Lee -
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Sinking Columbus: Contested History, Cultural Politics, and Mythmaking during the Quincenterary
by Stephen J. Summerhill
The best books on Christopher Columbus, recommended by Matthew Restall
The best books on Christopher Columbus, recommended by Matthew Restall
Heroic explorer or harbinger of doom? The impact of Christopher Columbus has become the focus of intense debate—both ini academia and in the arena of popular opinion—in recent years. We asked noted scholar of colonial Latin American history Matthew Restall to recommend five of the best books that explore Columbus’s life and legacy.
