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Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
vii, 88 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"For a long time, most people believed that Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to 'discover' America--the first to make a successful round-trip voyage across the Atlantic. But in recent years, as new evidence has come to light, our understanding of history has changed. We know now that Columbus was among the last explorers to reach the Americas, not the first"--Book jacket.
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the exploration of America from the arrival of Asian hunters in Alaska more than 15,000 years ago to the English and French settlers in the early 1600s.
Author
Publisher
Linnet Books
Pub. Date
[1989]
Physical Desc
88 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the log of Christopher Columbus as copied out in brief by his companion, Bartholomew Las Casas, relating the day-to-day drama of a long sea voyage into the unknown.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 as the "Great Admiral of the Seas."
14) Guests
Author
Language
English
Description
Moss and Trouble, an Algonquin boy and girl, struggle with the problems of growing up in the Massachusetts area during the time of the first Thanksgiving.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[1991]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of Christopher Columbus with emphasis on how historians have worked and are still working to find out the truth about his life and discoveries.
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