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Discusses Christopher Columbus's exploration of America, focusing on his first expedition aboard the three famous ships.

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

A simple adaptation of excerpts in Columbus's diary, from his departure from Spain to his landing in the New World in 1492.

An amusing account of Columbus's determined but slightly miscalculated attempts to find a new ocean route to the Indies describes his four voyages across the Ocean Sea.

In a pictorial retelling, Christopher Columbus overcomes a number of obstacles to fulfill his dream of sailing west to find a new route to the Orient.

Examines the political forces and personal ambition that drove Ponce de Leon in his explorations.

The cabin boy on the "Santa Maria" keeps a diary which records his experiences when he sails with Columbus on his first voyage to the New World in 1492.

Discusses how the achievements of the man credited with discovering America led to the present-day celebration of his landing in the New World.

Recounts in verse how Christopher Columbus planned and executed his voyage west, resulting in the claiming of new lands for Spain.

Explains the significance of Columbus Day as a celebration of the first voyage made by Christopher Columbus, during which he discovered America.

A biography of the English explorer and sea captain who explored three North American waterways later named for him--the Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Strait.

A biography of the wealthy Spanish explorer who became the first white man to cross the Mississippi.

Biography of European explorer John Cabot, famous for his skills as a navigator and cartographer.

Chronicles the life and journeys of seventeenth-century English explorer Henry Hudson, who searched for a passage through the northern seas to Asia and became the namesake of the Hudson River.

A color-illustrated biography of French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who discovered the Ottawa River, founded the city of Quebec, and worked to establish French colonies on his travels to North America in the early seventeenth century.