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Referenced when discussing Columbus presenting his documents to the Spanish monarchs, with the author imagining 'the scene of Columbus getting out these tattered documents that he's been exhibiting around Europe'

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Described as 'a really, really important book' that Columbus read, written by 'a guy who had previously been the confessor to the King of France.' The book argued that crossing the Atlantic was possible.

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Referenced as something Columbus 'probably reads' - Marco Polo's accounts of traveling to Cathay (China) and his descriptions of Chipangu (Japan) being 1500 miles east of China influenced Columbus's plans

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Described as 'the most famous of all those chivalric romances' which appeared in 1490 in Valencian, two years before Columbus sailed. Referenced in discussion of the cultural context of adventure and exploration

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Referenced when discussing Washington Irving, noting 'he writes about the Alhambra.' Irving is also credited with inventing the 19th century myth that people in Columbus's time believed the world was flat