Admiral of the Ocean Sea Audiobook by Samuel Eliot Morison

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/52/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Admiral of the Ocean Sea Subtitle: A Life of Christopher Columbus Author: Samuel Eliot Morison Narrator: Frederick Davidson Format: Unabridged Length: 25 hrs and 57 mins Language: English Release date: 10-19-11 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 51 votes Genres: Classics, Nonfiction Publisher's Summary: Winner of the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Biography Admiral of the Ocean Sea is Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's classic biography of the greatest sailor of them all, Christopher Columbus. It is written with the insight, energy, and authority that only someone who had himself sailed in Columbus's path to the New World could muster. Morison undertook this expedition in a 147-foot schooner and a 47-foot ketch, the dimensions of these craft roughly matching those of Columbus's Santa Maria and Nina. The result is this vivid and definitive biography that accurately details the voyages that, for better or worse, changed the world. Samuel Eliot Morison, Rear Admiral, United States Naval Reserve (18871976), was an American historian noted for his works of history, especially maritime history, that were both authoritative and highly readable. At various times he held teaching positions at Berkeley, Oxford, and Harvard. A sailor as well as a scholar, he garnered numerous literary prizes, military honors, and national awards from both foreign countries and United States, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His Admiral of the Ocean Sea won the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for biography. Critic Reviews: A splendid achievement and a lasting monument of American scholarship. The style is delightful and flowing, and the whole work is replete with beauty and humor. [A] supremely valuable contribution to the literature on Columbus." (New York Times)