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Where do you think you're going, Christopher Columbus?

2011
Discusses the voyages of Christopher Columbus who was determined to beat everyone in the race to the Indies.

The new nation

2016
The roots of the newly formed United States of America are examined in detail in this volume. With evocative illustrations, paintings, maps, political documents, and other media largely drawn from the post-revolutionary era itself, this book details both the new nation’s growing pains and shortcomings, its major accomplishments and optimism, its sociocultural trends, and its rapid growth and expansion. Political and military struggles, Manifest Destiny, and other dynamic events are all included in a narrative stretching from the nation’s birth through the years prior to the U.S. Civil War.

The Age of Exploration

2016
The story of the European discovery of North America does not end with 2014;in fact it does not really even begin with 1492 ;Christopher Columbus. This engaging title tells the story of the explorers who became the first Europeans to visit the lands that would later become the United States of America. Readers will learn about the Spanish explorers of the Southwest and the Gulf Coast, the English and Dutch explorers of the Atlantic Coast, and the French explorers of the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River. They'll discover what the goals and motivations behind each expedition were, which native people the explorers encountered, and what sorts of obstacles had to be overcome for each expedition to succeed. A fascinating account of a formational period in American history.

Sailing to America

colonists at sea
1998
Describes the 1633 voyage of the ship Treadwell carrying Puritans and colonists from England to the New World.

1493

uncovering the new world Columbus created
2012
Reveals how the voyages of Columbus reintroduced plants and animals that had been separated millions of years earlier, documenting how the ensuing exchange of flora and fauna between Eurasia and the Americas fostered a European rise.

The sea dogs

privateers, plunder and piracy in the Elizabethan Age
1975

Yesterday we saw mermaids

1992
In 1492 members of an enchanted voyage discover the sorcerous kingdom of Prester John.

You wouldn't want to sail with Christopher Columbus!

uncharted waters you'd rather not cross
2014
Discusses the difficulties sailing the new route to Asia with Christopher Columbus.

The Fifth Doctor

the tip of the tongue
2013
A new craze for Truth Tellers sends the doctor on a new adventure. While the Doctor and Nyssa investigate the phenomenon, they discover the truth about the Truth Tellers is more sinister than anyone could have imagined.

Discovering a new world

would you sail with Columbus?
"Readers decide if they would sail with Christopher Columbus, and then find out what really happened"--Provided by publisher.

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