Books with author Marvin Johnson

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1492 is a Christopher Columbus biography in the form of a classic work of biographical fiction by Mary Johnson that tells the entire story of that fateful year and the voyage of the great Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus and his fleet across the ocean in search of India and the riches of the orient. Columbus never found those Eastern riches, but the New World was waiting unbeknownst to him or anyone. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. Born in the Republic of Genoa, under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Those voyages and his efforts to establish settlements on the island of Hispaniola, initiated the permanent European colonization of the New World. At a time when European kingdoms were beginning to establish new trade routes and colonies, motivated by imperialism and economic competition, Columbus proposed to reach the East Indies (South and Southeast Asia) by sailing westward. This eventually received the support of the Spanish Crown, which saw a chance to enter the spice trade with Asia through this new route. During his first voyage in 1492, he reached the New World instead of arriving in Japan as he had intended, landing on an island in the Bahamas archipelago that he named San Salvador. Over the course of three more voyages, he visited the Greater and Lesser Antilles, as well as the Caribbean coast of Venezuela and Central America, claiming all of it for the Crown of Castile.

1492 is a Christopher Columbus biography in the form of a classic work of biographical fiction by Mary Johnson that tells the entire story of that fateful year and the voyage of the great Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus and his fleet across the ocean in search of India and the riches of the orient. Columbus never found those Eastern riches, but the New World was waiting unbeknownst to him or anyone. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. Born in the Republic of Genoa, under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Those voyages and his efforts to establish settlements on the island of Hispaniola, initiated the permanent European colonization of the New World. At a time when European kingdoms were beginning to establish new trade routes and colonies, motivated by imperialism and economic competition, Columbus proposed to reach the East Indies (South and Southeast Asia) by sailing westward. This eventually received the support of the Spanish Crown, which saw a chance to enter the spice trade with Asia through this new route. During his first voyage in 1492, he reached the New World instead of arriving in Japan as he had intended, landing on an island in the Bahamas archipelago that he named San Salvador. Over the course of three more voyages, he visited the Greater and Lesser Antilles, as well as the Caribbean coast of Venezuela and Central America, claiming all of it for the Crown of Castile.

This book depicts the cruise of Jack London's forty-five-foot ketch Snark in 1906 - 1908. The world-famous writer, his wife and the daring crew sailed the tiny craft for two years through the South Seas. Mr. Martin Johnson, the author of this book, who started in as cook, soon became the close friend and chief companion of Mr. London. His work, detailed and complete, gives real insight into life aboard the yacht and among the myriad islands of the South Pacific.

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Excerpt from Safari: A Saga of the African BlueAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"Holds the attention and sympathy of the reader from start to finish. Laid in old Virginia in the early part of the eighteenth century it has to do with Indians, frontiersmen, the colonial habits of the white settlers, the privations and struggles of those inhabitants of the wild woods, and the massacres that the Indians visited on many of the early settlements. The lamentable manner in which the other members of a family, including the beautiful, tender-hearted Molly, are ushered out of this life into the better world, leaving the dream-child Audrey alone, to struggle for existence with the horrors of the fire which destroyed the home, and the butchery which destroyed the whole family but herself, hovering around her, and filling her young heart and soul full of despair, is thrilling and heartrending to read about....The whole story is written beautifully, and is framed in poetical surroundings....Full of tragedy with a defiance of death to gain the victory over true love." -Christian Nation "Virginia plantation life is clearly visualized." -The Churchman "The heroine, sole survivor of a family of Virginian colonists massacred by the Indians, is adopted by a young gentleman who, after making due provision for her maintenance, straightway forgets her until he returns after a long sojourn in the mother country to find her beautiful, although untaught in many things, and capable of winning the heart which he had meant to give to the lovely Evelyn Byrd, who loves him. Her education is accomplished in a novel fashion and the ending is unexpected. The story is...closely knit and logically developed." -The American Ecclesiastical Review