Columbus: Discoverer of the New World
- ISBN-10
- 0886821843
- ISBN-13
- 9780886821845
- Series
- Columbus
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 30
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Creative Company
- Author
- Dan Zadra
Description
A brief biography of the Italian weaver's son who never achieved his dream of finding a trade route to India, but in pursuing it opened the door to the New World.
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