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22) In 1492
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text describes Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the New World.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world history. Yet Columbus made three more voyages within the span of only a decade, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. These later voyages were even more adventurous, violent, and ambiguous,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
An account of Columbus's fourth and final voyage describes the aging captain's determination to find a passage to the Orient, recounting how his efforts where challenged by shipwreck, mutiny, and political treachery.
Author
Series
Annual E. F. Schumacher lectures volume 10th
Publisher
E.F. Schumacher society
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Series
Publisher
NEST Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Formats
Description
While the whole world sailed east on the path to find China, Colmbus believed it could be reached in two weeks...by sailing west! Finally, after securing the support of Queen Isabella of Spain, Columbus set sail. After three weeks of sailing and no sight of land, his crew threatened mutiny. At the moment when all seemed lost and Columbus considered turning back, land was discovered. Columbus realized his dream and America was discovered.