Ferdinand Columbus: Collecting all the books in the world

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Abstract

Ferdinand Columbus (Spanish: Fernando Colón) son of Christopher Columbus, tried to collect all the books in the world. And the catalog of these books, The  Libro de los Epítomes  ( The Book of Epitomes ), has only recently been rediscovered by Guy Lazure, a historian at the University of Windsor at the Arnamagnæan Institute at the University of Copenhagen.
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - Apr 23 2022

Keywords

  • The Libro de los Epítomes (The Book of Epitomes)
  • Ferdinand Columbus
  • Arnamagnæan Institute

Disciplines

  • Social and Behavioral Sciences

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