Elise Bartosik Velez: 1 book
The Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas
New Nations and a Transatlantic Discourse of Empire
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Why is the capital of the United States named in part after Christopher Columbus, a Genoese explorer commissioned by Spain who never set foot on what would become the nation's mainland? Why did Spanish American nationalists in 1819 name a new independent republic "Colombia," after Columbus,...
