Have any of your students been on a sea voyage? Discovered a new land? Navigated by dead reckoning? Designed their own coat of arms? They will as you go through this book. So get on board for a voyage your students will never forget. Launch out into the deep and watch them enjoy learning like a fish loves water!
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'.
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 ...
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.
Presents an easy-to-read biography of the sailor who never fully recognized the importance of his discovery which changed history.
This definitive edition of Columbus's account of the voyage presents the most accurate printed version of his journal available to date.
A simple account of Christopher Columbus' first voyage to America.
Recounts the life of the man behind the legend.
"A condensation of my two-volume Admiral of the ocean sea, published at the same time. All the notes have been omitted, and a good many pages of navigational data; a...
The work includes cross-references, bibliographies for each article, and a comprehensive index. The work is fully illustrated, with hundreds of maps, drawings and photographs.