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A biography of the fifteenth-century Italian seaman and navigator who unknowingly discovered a new continent while looking for a western route to India.

Describes and illustrates the first discoveries and settlements in North America through a variety of images produced at that time.

A biography of the 15th-century Italian seaman and navigator who unknowingly discovered a new continent while looking for a western route to India.

Introduces the background, voyages, discoveries, and historical significance of Christopher Columbus.

Expressions of American life by Whitman, Riley, Field, Longfellow, Dunbar, folk sources, Indian tribes, and a host of others.

Describes Columbus' first voyage of discovery as seen through the eyes of a twelve-year-old ship's boy.

Photographs of the 1990 voyage of the new Nina, original illustrations, historical paintings, and maps present a picture of what it was like to sail with Columbus.

An account of Christopher Columbus's four transatlantic voyages.

A biography of Christopher Columbus with emphasis on how historians have worked and are still working to find out the truth about his life and discoveries.

Examines the voyages of explorers who reached the shores of North America before Columbus.

Surveys the history of New World explorations from the Viking age to the eighteenth century, including the latest views on pre-Columbian explorations.

Presents an overview of the origin and development of the United States from the Ice Age to 1600, with an emphasis on pre-Columbian Native Americans, and the arrivals of explorers and conquistadors.

Presents the role of religion in early American life as well as the influence of various groups on American religion during the Colonial era.

Summarizes the lives and accomplishments of five women who were explorers in North and South America.

An illustrated look at seventeenth-century English explorer Henry Hudson's voyages in search of a short route from Europe to Asia, his experiences in the Hudson River region, and the mutiny that led to his death.