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Hernando Columbus’s Library

I entered the world of Hernando Columbus and his library when I read The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee. Hernando Columbus, the son of the explorer credited with discovering America, envisioned a universal library to collect all the books and knowledge available in the 16th century. He conceptualized indexes and catalogues […] Hernando…

Willy Martinez
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I entered the world of Hernando Columbus and his library when I read The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee. Hernando Columbus, the son of the explorer credited with discovering America, envisioned a universal library to collect all the books and knowledge available in the 16th century. He conceptualized indexes and catalogues […]

Hernando Columbus’s Library

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