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Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Draws from the logs of Christopher Columbus and other firsthand accounts to examine the journeys of the explorer in the Americas, discussing his dealings with native cultures, and providing insights into his skills as a navigator and leader.
Author
Series
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking novels of his remarkable career, Orson Scott Card interweaves a compelling portrait of Christopher Columbus with the story of a future scientist who believes she can alter human history from a tragedy of bloodshed and brutality to a world filled with hope and healing.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world "The depth of research in this book is astonishing, but even more impressive is the analytical skill Cervantes applies. . . . [He] conveys complex arguments in delightfully simple language, and most importantly knows how...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would require to launch a voyage of discovery, what shipboard life would be like, and what the rewards would be using the voyages of Columbus as an example.
14) Columbus Day
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Relates the story of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus and gives the history of Columbus Day.
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap ; An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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."
16) Conquistadors
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Following in the footsteps of the Spanish adventurers, filmmaker Wood retraces the path of the conquistadors from Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, and from the deserts of North Mexico to the heights of Machu Picchu. As he travels the same routes as Hernan Cortés, and Francisco and Gonzalo Pizarro, Wood describes the events that accompanied the epic sixteenth-century Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires. He also follows parts of Orellana's extraordinary...