Project Gutenberg 2020-04-14 Public domain in the USA. 430 Humboldt, Alexander von 1769 1859 Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Von Humboldt, Alexander Humboldt, Alexandre de Navarro y Calvo, Luis Calvo, Luis Navarro y Cristóbal Colón y el descubrimiento de América, Tomo 1 Historia de la geografía del nuevo continente y de los progresos de la astronomía náutica en los siglos XV y XVI Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Cristóbal Colón y el descubrimiento de América, Tomo 1" by Alexander von Humboldt is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This work examines the geographical history and nautical astronomy related to the discovery of the New World, particularly focusing on the 15th and 16th centuries when significant exploration took place. The book delves into the intellectual movements of the time that led to the age of discovery and the impact these explorations had on European perspectives and knowledge of geography. The opening of the work introduces the profound significance of the 15th century as a transitional period between the Medieval and Modern worlds. Humboldt discusses the collective intellectual efforts of Portuguese and Spanish explorers that enhanced geographical knowledge, the development of nautical astronomy, and ultimately led to the discoveries of new territories. By citing historical figures and geographic advancements, he sets the stage for a detailed exploration of the motivations, routes, and innovations of the explorers, including Columbus himself, and examines how these endeavors reshaped the understanding of the globe and human civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 43.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. es Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506 Navigation -- History America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish E011 Text Category: History - American Category: History - European Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Modern (1750+) 929686 2025-07-24T12:36:10.989069 text/html 924813 2024-10-17T17:35:43 text/html 434104 2025-07-24T12:36:25.267036 application/epub+zip 441480 2025-07-24T12:36:13.212087 application/epub+zip 441480 2025-07-24T12:36:12.078051 application/epub+zip 698619 2025-07-24T12:36:32.941057 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 637949 2025-07-24T12:36:24.101008 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 638293 2022-09-27T22:52:57.204782 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 725796 2025-07-24T12:36:08.766061 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 705814 2024-10-17T17:35:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18481 2025-07-24T12:36:33.097969 application/rdf+xml 16870 2025-07-24T12:36:12.242040 image/jpeg 2329 2025-07-24T12:36:12.160052 image/jpeg 417697 2025-07-24T12:36:11.057080 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog de.wikipedia en.wikipedia