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Discusses the story of explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who discovered new lands for Spain and Portugal while searching for a new route to the Indies, covering his work for Christopher Columbus and various voyages, with illustrations.

An alphabetical introduction to the history, geography, and culture of the Americas.

Presents a "Restored" shipboard journal.

Articles present opposing viewpoints on such Columbus-related issues as the motives of the conquistadors, treatment of the Indians, and twentieth-century views of Columbus.

Explores Indian achievements in architecture and agriculture and surveys what the Indians gave to the world.

Chronologically arranged primary and secondary source articles help profile major political, social, and cultural events which occurred during the fifteenth century.

Presents primary and secondary source articles on the major events and cultural characteristics of the eighteenth century around the world, covering such topics as the European monarchs, composers, the Paris art salon, the French and Indian War, American slavery, the Boston Massacre, and child labor.

Examines the truths and myths surrounding the voyages of Columbus, presenting an alternative history intended to differ from that offered in many school textbooks.

Contains primary and secondary source articles which trace the conquest of the New World, providing information on Christopher Columbus, the Conquistadors, and the Indians.

Chronicles the discoverers of America, from the Native Americans believed to have crossed the Bering Strait after the last Ice Age, through the Vikings and the major European explorers, concluding with Bering's discovery of Alaska and Cook's voyage to Hawaii.

Historical account of the Old World and the New, unlike Asia and Africa America never saw its colonizers leave.

A bilingual collection of thirty-seven political and protest poems about the social conditions of America.

Chronicles the voyages of Columbus after his famous 1492 landfall in the Americas, explaining how they reflected Columbus's uncanny navigational skills before taking an extreme toll on his health and personal circumstances.

Traces the journeys and adventures of those who explored the North American continent including the Spanish conquistadores, the Vikings, French Voyageurs, and mountain men.

Explores the complexities of the Columbus legend, showing how he came to symbolize the spirit of heroism and the costs of colonization.