This book offers the history of Christopher Columbus, from his uncertain origins and his formative years as a sailor to the voyages that forever changed world history. This fourth installment explores his character, his beliefs, his nautical successes, and his grave political and moral errors. The reader traverses the project to reach Asia by the west, the encounter with the Catholic Monarchs, the four transatlantic voyages, the early colonization of the Caribbean, and the devastating impact on indigenous peoples.