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1) Who was Christopher Columbus?

Author

Bader, Bonnie

Series

Who was ?
Who Was?

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IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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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."

2) Follow the dream

Author

Sís, Peter

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

1991.

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IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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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.

3) Where do you think you're going, Christopher Columbus?

Author

Fritz, Jean

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Formats

Book, Kit

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Discusses the voyages of Christopher Columbus who determined to beat everyone in the race to the Indies.

4) Columbus

Author

D'Aulaire, Ingri

Publisher

Doubleday

Language

English

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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.

5) Christopher Columbus: navigator to the New World

Author

Asimov, Isaac

Series

Isaac Asimov's pioneers of science and exploration

Publisher

Gareth Stevens Children's Books

Pub. Date

[1991]

Language

English

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Describes the life of Columbus as a young man, and as an explorer who marshalled the best technology of his time to explore new lands.

6) Christopher Columbus: voyager to the unknown

Author

Levinson, Nancy Smiler

Publisher

Dutton

Pub. Date

1990.

Language

English

Description

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

7) Christopher Columbus and his voyage to the New World

Author

Young, Robert

Series

Let's celebrate

Publisher

Silver Press

Pub. Date

[1990]

Language

English

Description

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

8) The story of Columbus

Author

Ganeri, Anita

Series

Dorling Kindersley readers. 2 Beginning to read alone

Publisher

Dorling Kindersley Pub

Pub. Date

2001.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

9) Forgotten voyager: the story of Amerigo Vespucci

Author

Alper, Ann Fitzpatrick

Publisher

Carolrhoda Books

Pub. Date

[1991]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

10) Hernando Cortes and the conquest of Mexico

Author

DeAngelis, Gina

Series

Explorers of new worlds

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

1999.

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the explorer whose brutal conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico was responsible for the first Spanish settlements in the New World.

11) Juan Ponce de Leon and the search for the Fountain of Youth

Author

Harmon, Daniel E

Series

Explorers of new worlds

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

1999.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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A biography of the Spanish explorer and governor of Cuba, who attempted to find the Fountain of Youth in the New World.

12) Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the New World

Author

Gallagher, Carole S

Series

Explorers of new worlds

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

1999.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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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.

13) Christopher Columbus: on the green sea of darkness

Author

Soule, Gardner

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

1988.

Language

English

Description

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Describes the voyages of Christopher Columbus, detailing the events and discoveries connected with each.

14) Christopher Columbus and the first voyages to the New World

Author

Dodge, Steve

Series

World explorers

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

[1991]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 6

Language

English

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

15) Christopher Columbus

Author

Bauer, Marion Dane

Series

My first biography

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

[2009]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

16) Christopher Columbus and the great voyage of discovery: with a message from President George Bush

Author

Weisman, JoAnne B

Series

Picture-book biography ; 1

Publisher

Discovery Enterprises

Pub. Date

[1990]

Language

English

17) Hernando de Soto and the exploration of Florida

Author

Gallagher, Jim

Series

Explorers of new worlds

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

1999.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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A biography of the wealthy Spaniard who came to the New World to seek glory and who was the first European to reach the Mississippi River in 1541.

18) Christopher Columbus: famous explorer

Author

Molzahn, Arlene Bourgeois

Series

Explorers!

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

[2003]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Discusses the life of Christopher Columbus, with an emphasis on his career as an explorer.

19) Christopher Columbus

Author

Bains, Rae

Publisher

Troll Associates

Pub. Date

[1985]

Language

English

Description

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Explains the importance of the contribution made by the Italiansailor and navigator Christopher Columbus, whose discovery of America in 1942 changed the geography of the known world.

20) Christopher Columbus

Author

Lacey, Minna

Series

Usborne famous lives

Publisher

EDC

Pub. Date

2005.

Language

English

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1) Who was Christopher Columbus?

2) Follow the dream

3) Where do you think you're going, Christopher Columbus?

4) Columbus

5) Christopher Columbus: navigator to the New World

6) Christopher Columbus: voyager to the unknown

7) Christopher Columbus and his voyage to the New World

8) The story of Columbus

9) Forgotten voyager: the story of Amerigo Vespucci

10) Hernando Cortes and the conquest of Mexico

11) Juan Ponce de Leon and the search for the Fountain of Youth

12) Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the New World

13) Christopher Columbus: on the green sea of darkness

14) Christopher Columbus and the first voyages to the New World

15) Christopher Columbus

16) Christopher Columbus and the great voyage of discovery: with a message from President George Bush

17) Hernando de Soto and the exploration of Florida

18) Christopher Columbus: famous explorer

19) Christopher Columbus

20) Christopher Columbus