Diario de la primera navegación y descubrimiento de las Indias
Christopher Columbus's journal
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Christopher Columbus's journal (Diario) is a diary and logbook written by Christopher Columbus about his first voyage. The journal covers events from 3 August 1492, when Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera, to 15 March 1493 and includes a prologue addressing the sovereigns. Several contemporary references confirm Columbus kept a journal of his voyage as a daily record of events and as evidence for the Catholic Monarchs. Upon his return to Spain in the spring of 1493, Columbus presented the journal to Isabella I of Castile. She had it copied, retained the original, and gave the copy to Columbus before his second voyage. The whereabouts of the original have been unknown since 1504. The copy descended to Columbus's grandson, Luis, who is thought to have sold it in order to fund his dissipated lifestyle. It too is now lost.— Wikipedia
The original of Christopher Columbus' journal detailing his first voyage (1492-14963) is lost. The only extent version is an abstract written by Bartolomé de las Casas c. 1527-1561 which quotes and paraphrases the original. A manuscript of the extract was discovered in 1790 and published in 1825. De la Casa's abstract is written in Spanish. The original language Columbus used to compose the journal is unknown.
