Presents a short children's history of explorer, Christopher Columbus and describes his life, voyages, and encounters with the native peoples of Hispaniola and other areas of the new world.

Learn about the explorer Christopher Columbus and his four voyages to the New World.

"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.

"Born in 1451 in the seafaring nation of Genoa in northern Italy, Christopher Columbus grew up watching ships sail into the harbor loaded with riches from Egypt, Spain, England, and Belgium. Columbus was convinced that he could gain gold, silk, ivory, and much personal wealth for himself if he were to sail west from Europe to the East and trade with China and India. When Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon finally provided him with...

In a pictorial retelling, Christopher Columbus overcomes a number of obstacles to fulfill his dream of sailing west to find a new route to the Orient.

An introduction to the life of fifteenth-century Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, whose travels helped map our modern world.

Profiles the life and travels of Christopher Columbus and his discoveries in the New World.

Shipwrecked in a hostile land with no provisions, Cabeza de Vaca walked across much of southern North America in search of rescue. Throughout this riveting tale of miraculous survival, de Vaca becomes one of first Europeans to witness the beauty and danger of the Texas landscape.