Originally published: Los Angeles: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1949. Two volumes. Illustrated. Important scholarly study of three centuries of disputes, lawsuits and struggles for rewards and inheritances, involving the descendants of Columbus. It explains how the legacy left by Columbus kept his family in a turmoil for more than ten generations. It also describes the obstructions and losses occasioned by the acts of Sir Francis Drake, Admiral William Penn and others. The material is compiled from the archives in Spain, France and the Americas. Contains a bibliography. This story of Columbus" litigious descendants offers a view of Spanish contract and estate law from 1492 to 1796.