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Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
Drawing on archeological and ethno-historical evidence, Irving Rouse sketches a picture of the Tainos-the first people Columbus encountered when he arrived in the Americas-as they existed during the time of Columbus, contrasting their customs with those of their neighbors. He then moves backward in time to the ancestors of the Tainos-two successive groups who settled the West Indies and who are known to archeologists as the Saladoid peoples and the...
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Language
English
Description
Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world history. Yet Columbus made three more voyages within the span of only a decade, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. These later voyages were even more adventurous, violent, and ambiguous,...
6) Encounter
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492. When Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, what he really discovered was a people with a culture and civilization of their own. Master storyteller Jane Yolen tells of Columbus's initial landing as seen through the eyes of a native Taino boy. Full-color illustrations.
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Language
English
Description
Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist Tom Sagan has written hard-hitting articles from hot spots around the world. But when a controversial report from a war-torn region is exposed as a fraud, his professional reputation crashes and burns. Now he lives in virtual exile, haunted by bad decisions and the shocking truth he can never prove: that his downfall was a deliberate act of sabotage by an unknown enemy. But before Sagan can end his torment...
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English
Description
"From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning...
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Series
Publisher
TOR
Language
English
Description
In the 23rd Century, a trio of time travelers journey back to the 15th Century in order to prevent Christopher Columbus from colonizing America. The trip is part of a project by an organization to change history, thereby improving life on earth. By the author of Alvin Journeyman.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Explores the life of Christopher Columbus through his exploration of the New World"--Provided by publisher.
Great explorer and sailor. Hungry for riches and gold. Views about Christopher Columbus have changed over time. But who was the real Christopher Columbus? Explore Columbus's life throughout his journeys to the New World. Then decide for yourself whether he was a hero or villain.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap ; An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
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 as the "Great Admiral of the Seas."
15) Follow the dream
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Christopher Columbus overcomes a number of obstacles to fulfill his dream of sailing west to find a new route to the Orient.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From award-winning novelist Mary Morris comes the remarkable story of a remote New Mexican town coming to grips with a dark history it never imagined. In 1492, the Jewish and Muslim populations of Spain were expelled, and Columbus set sail for America. Luis de Torres, a Spanish Jew, accompanies Columbus as his interpreter. His journey is only the beginning of a long migration, across many generations. Over the centuries, de Torres' descendants travel...
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean and discovered America. Right? Wrong! Columbus never actually set foot in what is now the United States. His voyages took him to islands in the Caribbean and along the coast of South America. The truth is, when Columbus first arrived, Indigenous peoples, including the Taino, had been living there for thousands of years, raising their families, running their societies, and trading with their neighbors....
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