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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."

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.

A life of the Genoese weaver's son who sought to prove the worldis round, telling how he studied map-making in Portugal, waitedlong years for financial and material support from Isabella ofSpain, and finally made four voyages to the New World.

A biography of the fifteenth-century Italian seaman and navigator who unknowingly discovered a new continent while looking for awestern route to India.

Describes the life of Christopher Columbus and how he came to discover the New World.

"Relates the story of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus and gives the history of Columbus Day." --

A simple adaptation of excerpts in Columbus's diary, from his departure from Spain to his landing in the New World in 1492.

A biography of the Italian explorer who, in the fifteenth century, became the first European to discover the West Indies islands, located below the southernmost tip of the United States, in three historic voyages sponsored by Spain's monarchy.

Follows the first voyage of discovery made by Christopher Columbus through excerpts from the journal he kept.

Examines the life and times of Christopher Columbus and describes his voyages to the New World.