A classic novel in which two sisters voyage to America during World War I. From the author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden.
Offers insight into the historical events that prompted Columbus' efforts to establish new trade routes to the Indies, his struggles to obtain financial support for his voyages, and the important discoveries that caused him to become known ...
Presents an easy-to-read biography of the sailor who never fully recognized the importance of his discovery which changed history.
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Introduces the life of explorer Christopher Columbus, the first man known to cross the Atlantic Ocean, and discusses what he found when he reached the islands now known as the West Indies.
A simple account of Christopher Columbus' first voyage to America.
Everyone knows who Christopher Columbus is, and everyone knows what he discovered and what he is famous for. In this book, you'll find out all about this most remarkable of men.
No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria in the Americas in 1492 - an event that paved the way for the conquest of a 'New World'.
An historian sets the record straight on Columbus's "discovery" of the Americas, using art and text to sum up recent revisionist thought and to debunk common myths about the European invader responsible for the deaths of thousands.
Christopher Columbus: A Man Among the Gentiles