About This Book
An "exciting" account of the feud between monarchs, clergy, and explorers that split the globe between Spain and Portugal and made the oceans a battleground ( Kirkus Reviews). When Columbus triumphantly returned to Spain in 1493, his discoveries inflamed an already-smoldering conflict between Spain'...
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Reading Time Estimates
8h 41m
slow reader
180 WPM
6h 15m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 28m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 93,775 wordsπ
13 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
6 h 15 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 57 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
10 h 25 min
Audio 2x
5 h 13 min
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- π 13 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π13 commutesΒ of 30 min each