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Voyages of Columbus

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This book is full of photographs depicting the ancient and modern. The trouble is, it is overly so. There are a number of instances where the images and their captions fail to cover little more than half a page - leaving a lot of white paper doing nothing. Elsewhere, some small ancient wood-carvings appear to have been enlarged to occupy a full half page and, in so doing, the effect is lost.

Page after page of picture after picture coupled with a large text in "bold" gives the impression these authors had little to say about Columbus and opted to pad out the book with pictures. There is an overview of Columbus's life in there somewhere - for those who want to look. If, however, you are in the mood for searching, my advice is to look elsewhere.

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