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Describes some of the difficulties that Columbus faced on his first voyage to the New World and what he found at the journey's end.

Provides twenty-two step-by-step projects to help readers learn about the explorers that discovered America and their voyages.

Describes the voyages of Christopher Columbus, detailing the events and discoveries connected with each.

Beginning in 1490, Anacaona keeps a record of her life as a possible successor to the supreme chief of Xaragua, as wife of the chief of Maguana, and as a warrior battling the first white men to arrive in the West Indies, ravenous for gold.

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.

An account of the travels of Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca through Texas and Mexico from 1528 through 1536, looking particularly at his relations with the native people with whom he shared his journeys.

Presents the life of Spanish explorer Francisco Coronado who explored the American southwest looking for treasure.

An account of the exploration of the American South by Hernando de Soto, Ponce de Leon, and others.

Chronicles the life and adventures of fifteenth-century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, and describes his voyages with Columbus and colonization of Puerto Rico, exploration of Florida, the Calusa encounters, and the legacy he left behind.

Presents a short children's history of explorer, Christopher Columbus and describes his life, voyages, and encounters with the native peoples of Hispaniola and other areas of the new world.