Christopher Columbus: The Intrepid Mariner
Christopher Columbus: The Intrepid Mariner

Author: Sean J. Dolan

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2011-06-29

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 0307800873

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The life and times of one of the world's greatest navigators. Join Columbus on his famous voyage as he struggles against muddled maps, mutiny, his sailors' fear of sea monsters, and the common belief that the world was flat and that he and his crew were going to "sail over the edge".

Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus

Author: Martin Howard

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-03-14

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1408163691

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Christopher Columbus' astonishing life is a story of inspiration, bravery, incredible achievement and terrible hardship. As the explorer who took three small boats across the Atlantic and found an undiscovered continent, he was a hero - but his greed for gold and power brought tragedy on the people living there, and eventually caused his own downfall. His amazing story captures the excitement and urgency of the Golden Age of Discovery. Lives in Action is a series of narrative biographies that recount the lives of some of the key figures in history. Page-turning, thrilling plots that read like fiction will keep the most reluctant reader hooked.

Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus

Author: Emma Carlson Berne

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2008-08

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9781402760563

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Christopher Columbus and his crew had been sailing for five weeks into uncharted waters before finally reaching land one blazing hot day in 1492. It was a difficult journey that many predicted would be impossible, but Columbus proved them wrong and his voyage changed the world. Columbus had done it: he was the first man to reach the East by sailing west, and he was heralded as the Father of the New World. Columbus would take three more voyages to different places, but he remains best known as the pioneer who opened routes to the exploration and settlement of the Americas. Book jacket.

The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus
The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus

Author: Christopher Columbus

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2004-02-05

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0141920424

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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'. The accounts collected here provide a vivid narrative of his voyages throughout the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Columbus himself is revealed as a fascinating and contradictory figure, fluctuating from awed enthusiasm to paranoia and eccentric geographical speculation. Prey to petty quarrels with his officers, his pious desire to bring Christian civilization to 'savages' matched by his rapacity for gold, Columbus was nonetheless an explorer and seaman of staggering vision and achievement.

Rethinking Columbus
Rethinking Columbus

Author: BILL ed BIGELOW

Publisher: Rethinking Schools

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1937730212

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RESOUCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE ARRIVAL OF COLUMBUS IN THE AMERICAS.