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Alice Bache Gould (Gould y Quincy, January 5, 1868, Cambridge, Massachusetts–July 25, 1953, Simancas) was a prominent American historian. She studied mostly Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella I of Castile. Gould found a certified copy of the document that recognized Columbus's descendants rights to his privileges,〔 In 1942, Gould became the only female corresponding member of Real Academia de la Historia and was awarded the Order of Isabella the Catholic (in 1952).〔 ==Life and researches== Being from the Quincy political family, Gould spent the childhood in Argentina.〔 In World War I she worked as a volunteer in the espionage office of the United States embassy in Spain and led an effort to send female clerical workers to the embassy for assistance.〔(Biographical sketch of Alice Bache Gould ) Massachusetts Historical Society〕 The Spanish Civil War in 1936 forced her to return to Boston but after the war she returned to Spain.〔 Gould's articles identified 87 of the 90 crewmen. Her studies showed, that only four of the Columbus crew had problems with the law, destroying the version that most of them were criminals and jailbirds.〔 She also demonstrated that no Englishman, Irishman or other North European was aboard the Columbus ships.〔 and proved that Pedro de Lepe, whose existence had long been disputed, had sailed with Columbus on the ''Santa María''.〔(Gould, Alice Bache (1868–1953) - History of Columbus )〕 Gould died of cerebral hemorrhage.〔 A square in Simancas was named after her.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alice Bache Gould」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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