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A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus is a fictional biographical account of Christopher Columbus written by Washington Irving in 1828. It was published in four volumes in Britain and in three volumes in the United States. The work was the most popular treatment of Columbus in the English-speaking world until the publication of Samuel Eliot Morison's biography Admiral of the Ocean Sea in 1942. It is one of the first examples of American historical fiction and one of several attempts at nationalistic myth-making undertaken by American writers and poets of the 19th century. It also helped to perpetuate the myth of the flat Earth.

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  • A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus is a fictional biographical account of Christopher Columbus written by Washington Irving in 1828. It was published in four volumes in Britain and in three volumes in the United States. The work was the most popular treatment of Columbus in the English-speaking world until the publication of Samuel Eliot Morison's biography Admiral of the Ocean Sea in 1942. It is one of the first examples of American historical fiction and one of several attempts at nationalistic myth-making undertaken by American writers and poets of the 19th century. It also helped to perpetuate the myth of the flat Earth. (en)
  • Una historia de la vida y viajes de Cristóbal Colón es un relato biográfico novelado sobre Cristóbal Colón de Washington Irving publicado en 1828. Fue publicado en cuatro volúmenes en Gran Bretaña y en tres volúmenes en los Estados Unidos.​​​ Fue la obra biográfica sobre Colón más popular en el mundo anglosajón hasta la publicación de la biografía Almirante de la Mar Oceana, de Samuel Eliot Morison, en 1942. Es uno de los primeros libros de ficción histórica estadounidenses y uno de los casos en los que se quisieron crear mitos nacionales por los escritores y poetas estadoundienses del siglo XIX.​ (es)
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  • Title page of Vol. I, UK first edition, 1828 (en)
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  • A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus is a fictional biographical account of Christopher Columbus written by Washington Irving in 1828. It was published in four volumes in Britain and in three volumes in the United States. The work was the most popular treatment of Columbus in the English-speaking world until the publication of Samuel Eliot Morison's biography Admiral of the Ocean Sea in 1942. It is one of the first examples of American historical fiction and one of several attempts at nationalistic myth-making undertaken by American writers and poets of the 19th century. It also helped to perpetuate the myth of the flat Earth. (en)
  • Una historia de la vida y viajes de Cristóbal Colón es un relato biográfico novelado sobre Cristóbal Colón de Washington Irving publicado en 1828. Fue publicado en cuatro volúmenes en Gran Bretaña y en tres volúmenes en los Estados Unidos.​​​ Fue la obra biográfica sobre Colón más popular en el mundo anglosajón hasta la publicación de la biografía Almirante de la Mar Oceana, de Samuel Eliot Morison, en 1942. Es uno de los primeros libros de ficción histórica estadounidenses y uno de los casos en los que se quisieron crear mitos nacionales por los escritores y poetas estadoundienses del siglo XIX.​ (es)
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