EH
published a translation from the German of J. H. Campe
entitled Columbus
; or, The Discovery of America: As Related by a Father to His Children, and Designed for the Instruction of Youth...
Textual Production
Elizabeth Helme
Helme's Translator's Preface explains that she has replaced Campe's group of pupils with a whole family and their parents, observing that children will find that more interesting.
Campe, Joachim Heinrich. Columbus. Translator Helme, Elizabeth, Sampson Low.
1: iii
She praises the explorers for their...
Intertextuality and Influence
Elizabeth Helme
The subtitle (lengthily extended in each case by further description, interspersed with moral and instructive remarks and observations on the most leading and interesting subjects: designed for the perusal of youth),