Cristofo Colon

After reading Flotsametrics, by Curt Ebbesmeyer, I got this Columbus biography; Ebbesmeyer praised Columbus as an important navigator and an antecedent in flotsametrics. This book is not so much a biography of the man as a biographical sketch of the explorer and sailor. Well written, it flowed easily and was a good read.  John Noble Wilford has written a number of other books.