Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
Author : Elisabeth von Arnim
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 31,79 MB
Release : 2018-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3732625060
Reproduction of the original.
Author : James T. de Kay
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 35,92 MB
Release : 2012-04-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0307814947
Schoolchildren will be fascinated by this clear account of Columbus's voyages and his encounters with storms, Indians, and political intrigue. A map of the world in Columbus's time and a detailed drawing of the Santa Maria add depth to this exciting, real-life adventure tale.
Author : Christopher Columbus
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,97 MB
Release : 2004-02-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0141920424
No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria in the Americas in 1492 - an event that paved the way for the conquest of a 'New World'. The accounts collected here provide a vivid narrative of his voyages throughout the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Columbus himself is revealed as a fascinating and contradictory figure, fluctuating from awed enthusiasm to paranoia and eccentric geographical speculation. Prey to petty quarrels with his officers, his pious desire to bring Christian civilization to 'savages' matched by his rapacity for gold, Columbus was nonetheless an explorer and seaman of staggering vision and achievement.
Author : Stephen Krensky
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 19,41 MB
Release : 2013-09-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0385374720
Independent readers can learn about Columbus's fateful voyage in this dramatic, easy-to-read account of a pivotal moment in American history.
Author : Minna Lacey
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 2004
Category : America
ISBN : 9780746063286
Explorer, biograpy, narrative style. 10 yrs+
Author : James W. Loewen
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,66 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595589859
Some myths don't die, and lies are still being told about Christopher Columbus: that he 'discovered' the Americas, that the land was sparsely populated by native people, that those people were primitive and that they submitted to Columbus's 'God-like' authority. Loewen disproves the myths about Columbus still enshrined in American textbooks with quotations from primary source material that sets the record straight. The poster and accompanying 48-page paperback book sum up the mistellings - and reveal the real story - in a graphically appealing and accessible format.
Author : David A. Adler
Publisher : Lerner Publishing Group
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,88 MB
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1430130393
"Well-produced and appealing readalong...expressive narration and appropriate music and sound effects...Sure bet for story time or home." - Booklist
Author : Bonnie Bader
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 18,94 MB
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0698159500
Learn all about Christopher Columbus' early life at sea, which led him to seek fortune by sailing west in hopes of creating new trade routes with the Indies. Kids will read about why he called himself the "Great Admirald of the Seas" and learn of all his struggles to find finacial support for his voyage.
Author : Stuart A. Kallen
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 33,20 MB
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1512472530
In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe and landed on a Caribbean island in what he thought was India. Over the next twelve years, Columbus made several voyages to the New World, seeking gold and power and bringing other Europeans to start colonies. How can we know what the journey was like for Columbus, his shipmates, and the Taino people he met in the Caribbean? We can study maps and tools Columbus used, excerpts from his journal, and carvings and jewelry created by the Taino. Explore primary sources from his time to learn more about his famous journey.
Author : Carol Delaney
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,80 MB
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1439102325
FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AFTER HE SET SAIL, the dominant understanding of Christopher Columbus holds him responsible for almost everything that went wrong in the New World. Here, finally, is a book that will radically change our interpretation of the man and his mission. Scholar Carol Delaney claims that the true motivation for Columbus’s voyages is very different from what is commonly accepted. She argues that he was inspired to find a western route to the Orient not only to obtain vast sums of gold for the Spanish Crown but primarily to help fund a new crusade to take Jerusalem from the Muslims—a goal that sustained him until the day he died. Rather than an avaricious glory hunter, Delaney reveals Columbus as a man of deep passion, patience, and religious conviction. Delaney sets the stage by describing the tumultuous events that had beset Europe in the years leading up to Columbus’s birth—the failure of multiple crusades to keep Jerusalem in Christian hands; the devastation of the Black Plague; and the schisms in the Church. Then, just two years after his birth, the sacking of Constantinople by the Ottomans barred Christians from the trade route to the East and the pilgrimage route to Jerusalem. Columbus’s belief that he was destined to play a decisive role in the retaking of Jerusalem was the force that drove him to petition the Spanish monarchy to fund his journey, even in the face of ridicule about his idea of sailing west to reach the East. Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem is based on extensive archival research, trips to Spain and Italy to visit important sites in Columbus’s life story, and a close reading of writings from his day. It recounts the drama of the four voyages, bringing the trials of ocean navigation vividly to life and showing Columbus for the master navigator that he was. Delaney offers not an apologist’s take, but a clear-eyed, thought-provoking, and timely reappraisal of the man and his legacy. She depicts him as a thoughtful interpreter of the native cultures that he and his men encountered, and unfolds the tragic story of how his initial attempts to establish good relations with the natives turned badly sour, culminating in his being brought back to Spain as a prisoner in chains. Putting Columbus back into the context of his times, rather than viewing him through the prism of present-day perspectives on colonial conquests, Delaney shows him to have been neither a greedy imperialist nor a quixotic adventurer, as he has lately been depicted, but a man driven by an abiding religious passion.