Scope and Contents Relating the history of Spain, particularly during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, this volume was written by a Spanish curate by the name of Andrés Bernáldes. It includes the first transcriptions of Columbus' own accounts of his voyages of discovery in the New World. Interesting item: In one passage about Columbus, Bernaldes, writes: "he was my guest and left me some of his writings in the presence of Don Juan da Fonseca, from which I copied and abridged them with others...