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Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe and landed on a Caribbean island in what he thought was India. Over the next twelve years, Columbus made several voyages to the New World, seeking gold and power and bringing other Europeans to start colonies. How can we know what the journey was like for Columbus, his shipmates, and the Taino people he met in the Caribbean? We can study maps and tools Columbus used, excerpts from his journal, and...
Author
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The true legacy of Christopher Columbus is much more complex than the familiar myth of him as the celebrated founder of the New World. On his voyages to islands in the Caribbean, he killed and enslaved many native people and was even arrested in Spain for his tyrannical governance of the lands he still believed to be the Indies. This resource takes a critical look at Columbus's actions, their implications for colonization and cross-cultural exchange,...
Author
Series
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The discovery by Europeans of what later would become the United States of America was a complicated process. This book recounts the migration of early humans to the area, as well as their early encounters with Europeans.
7) Columbus Day
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Each year on October 12th, millions of people in the United States celebrate Columbus Day. Celebrations include parades, songs, and special foods. The history of this celebration will engage children and teach them about Christopher Columbus, the events of his voyage, and the discovery of the New World.
8) Columbus Day
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
440L
Language
English
Description
Simple text, photographs, and illustrations introduce the history and traditions of Columbus Day in the United States.
9) Columbus Day
Author
Series
Publisher
AV² by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Enslow Elementary, an imprint of Enslow Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
"Readers decide if they would sail with Christopher Columbus, and then find out what really happened"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011.
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,...
Author
Series
Publisher
New Forest Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
With hundreds of facts about the famous explorer and his contemporaries during the Age of Discovery and Exploration, this book offers a comprehensive, informative. and highly readable introduction to the world of Christopher Columbus and the Renaissance explorers. Features personal accounts, maps, primary sources, and graphics.
Author
Series
Earthdivers volume 1
Publisher
IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The year is 2112, and it's the apocalypse exactly as expected: rivers receding, oceans rising, civilization crumbling. Humanity has given up hope, except for a group of Indigenous outcasts who have discovered a time travel portal in a cave in the desert and figured out where everything took a turn for the worst: America. Convinced that the only way to save the world is to rewrite its past, they send one of their own--a reluctant linguist named Tad--on...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
"Why did Columbus want to reach the New World, and was he the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean? What was life like on one of his ships? What did America look like before Columbus arrived? How did Columbus treat the native people? The engaging story of Columbus's voyage and the effect his arrival had on the native people will fascinate kids" --
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
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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