america

The author chronicles the details involving the last known voyage of explorer Christopher Columbus in 1500 and his attempts to regain his credibility after he had fallen into disgrace.

Surveys the life and voyages of Sir Francis Drake and the expansion of the English naval fleet in the sixteenth century.

These adventurers charted previously unknown territories, encountered, and often tragically exploited, native peoples, and changed the fate of the global landscape.

Provides accounts of pre-Columbian exploration of North America by many ethnic and cultural groups; including the Chinese, the Irish, and the Welsh.

A collection of articles that discuss the consequences of Columbus's discovery of America and explain why the effects it had on the Native Americans have been ignored throughout history.

Presents research by ecologist, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians to show how the formation of a global network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise in Europe, devastated imperial China, disrupted Africa, and made Mexico City the center of the world.

Chronicles all of the battles and wars that took place in North, Central, and South America from 1492 through 1777. Includes sidebars, maps, illustrations, and a bibliography.

Chronicles the events of the discovery of the Americas, beginning with Christopher Columbus's 1492 expedition which led him to present-day Cuba, and discussing the subsequent journeys and conquests of Balboa, Cortes, Pizarro, and others, as well as the establishment of Spanish missions in California.

Taguri, one of a group of scientists and historians living in a post-apocalyptic world, views the past through a machine, TruSite II, and discovers one of the women she is studying can see her, too. The discovery sets off a debate over whether the past can be changed to save the future.