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1) Pastwatch: the redemption of Christopher Columbus

Author

Card, Orson Scott

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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Taguri, one of a group of scientists and historians living in a post-apocalyptic world, views the past through a machine, TruSite II, and discovers one of the women she is studying can see her, too. The discovery sets off a debate over whether the past can be changed to save the future.

2) In 1492

Author

Marzollo, Jean

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

c1991

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Rhyming text describes Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the New World.

3) Christopher Columbus: across the ocean sea

Author

Benge, Janet

Series

Heroes of history

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 8

Language

English

Formats

Book, Compact Disc

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Introduces the life of explorer Christopher Columbus, the first man known to cross the Atlantic Ocean, and discusses what he found when he reached the islands now known as the West Indies.

4) American holocaust: Columbus and the conquest of the New World

Author

Stannard, David E

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

1992

Language

English

5) Christopher Columbus: "a man among the gentiles"

Author

Hinckley, Clark B

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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Over the centuries, the story of Christopher Columbus has become so enshrouded in myth that his life has remained largely a mystery to all but a handful of scholars. Yet the prophet Nephi suggests that Columbus stands out among historical figures as "a man among the Gentiles." In fact, Lehi and Nephi identify only two specific individuals in their prophecy of the latter-day Restoration: Christopher Columbus and Joseph Smith. In a sense, these two

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6) The log of Christopher Columbus

Author

Columbus, Christopher

Publisher

International Marine Pub. Co

Pub. Date

c1987

Language

English

7) The conquest of America: the question of the other

Author

Todorov, Tzvetan

Publisher

HarperPerennial

Pub. Date

1992, c1984

Edition

1st HarperPerennial ed.

Language

English

8) You wouldn't want to sail with Christopher Columbus!: uncharted waters you'd rather not cross

Author

Macdonald, Fiona

Series

You wouldn't want to

Publisher

Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2014.

Edition

Revised edition.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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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.

9) Christopher Columbus: explorer of the New World

Publisher

A & E Home Video

Pub. Date

2005, c1995

Language

English

Description

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Presents the life of Christopher Columbus, one of the greatest explorers in history, from his childhood in Genoa, to his voyages to the New World in search of Asia, to his death, penniless and disgraced.

10) Columbus: the four voyages

Author

Bergreen, Laurence

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world history. Yet Columbus made three more voyages within the span of only a decade, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. These later voyages were even more adventurous, violent, and ambiguous,...

11) The Moor's account: a novel

Author

Lalami, Laila

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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Brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America--a Moroccan slave whose testimony was left out of the official record. In 1527, the conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez sailed from the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda with a crew of six hundred men and nearly a hundred horses. His goal was to claim what is now the Gulf Coast of the United States for the Spanish crown and, in the process, become as wealthy and famous as Hernán Cortés....

12) Epistola de insulis nuper inventis

Author

Columbus, Christopher, ca. 1451-1506

Publisher

University Microfilms

Pub. Date

1966

Language

English

13) Relation of Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Author

Vaca, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de

Publisher

University Microfilms

Pub. Date

1966

Language

English

14) Christopher Columbus

Author

Krensky, Stephen

Series

Step into reading. Step 2 book

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

c1991

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A simple account of Christopher Columbus' first voyage to America.

15) Christopher Columbus

Author

Bell, Samantha

Series

How fact became fiction

Publisher

Cherry Lake Publishing

Pub. Date

[2024]

Language

English

Description

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"Do you know the story of Columbus and his voyages across the Atlantic Ocean? The history stories you think you know may not be what they seem. In this deep-diving series, readers of How FACT Became FICTION are invited into the truth beyond the stories people tell about history. It includes investigations into what really happened and how the truth was hidden over time. Readers explore primary sources as they develop historical inquiry and media literacy...

16) After Coronado: Spanish exploration northeast of New Mexico, 1696-1727 : documents from the archives of Spain, Mexico, and New Mexico

Author

Thomas, Alfred Barnaby

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Pub. Date

1935

Edition

First Edition

Language

English

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

Author

Dodge, Steve

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

c1991

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

Description

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

18) The value of curiosity: the story of Christopher Columbus

Author

Johnson, Spencer

Series

ValueTales

Publisher

Value Communications

Pub. Date

c1977

Edition

1st ed.

Language

English

Description

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Demonstrates the value of curiosity in the life of Christopher Columbus.

19) Who was Christopher Columbus?

Author

Bader, Bonnie

Series

Who was-- ?
Who was ?

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

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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."

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1) Pastwatch: the redemption of Christopher Columbus

2) In 1492

3) Christopher Columbus: across the ocean sea

4) American holocaust: Columbus and the conquest of the New World

5) Christopher Columbus: "a man among the gentiles"

6) The log of Christopher Columbus

7) The conquest of America: the question of the other

8) You wouldn't want to sail with Christopher Columbus!: uncharted waters you'd rather not cross

9) Christopher Columbus: explorer of the New World

10) Columbus: the four voyages

11) The Moor's account: a novel

12) Epistola de insulis nuper inventis

13) Relation of Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

14) Christopher Columbus

15) Christopher Columbus

16) After Coronado: Spanish exploration northeast of New Mexico, 1696-1727 : documents from the archives of Spain, Mexico, and New Mexico

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

18) The value of curiosity: the story of Christopher Columbus

19) Who was Christopher Columbus?

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