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Yolen, Jane

Summary: A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOL

Kallen, Stuart A.

Summary: Uses primary source documents to follow Christopher Columbus on his journeys to the New World.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2018

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 970.01 KAL

Nelson, Robin

Summary: Simple text, photographs, and illustrations introduce the history and traditions of Columbus Day in the United States.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2010

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE NEL

Mann, Charles C.

Summary: "1493 for Young People by Charles C. Mann tells the gripping story of globalization through travel, trade, colonization, and migration from its beginnings in the fifteenth century to the present. How did the lowly potato plant feed the poor across Europe and then cause the deaths of millions? How did the rubber plant enable industrialization? What is the connection between malaria, slavery, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Triangle Square/Seven Stories Press 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 909.08 MAN

Levinson, Nancy Smiler.

Summary: A biography of the fifteenth-century Italian seaman and navigator who unknowingly discovered a new continent while looking for a western route to India.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lodestar Books 1990

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Pelta, Kathy.

Summary: A biography of Christopher Columbus with emphasis on how historians have worked and are still working to find out the truth about his life and discoveries.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner 1991

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB COL PEL

Herr, Melody.

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "Describes the exploration of North America in the times of explorers Christopher Columbus, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, and Sieur de La Salle. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from Columbus' voyage in 1492, Coronado's 1540 expedition, and Sieur de La Salle's expedition down the Mississippi River in 1682"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2008

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC YOU

Conrad, Pam.

Summary: Written as a diary by the ship's boy, this story presents a personal view of Columbus's first trip across the Atlantic and of his discovery of America.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Caroline House 1991

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CON

Summary: Articles present opposing viewpoints on such Columbus-related issues as the motives of the conquistadors, treatment of the Indians, and twentieth-century views of Columbus.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenhaven Press 1992

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.015 CHR

Fritz, Jean.

Summary: Discusses the voyages of Christopher Columbus who determined to beat everyone in the race to the Indies.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1980

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Macdonald, Fiona

Summary: Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would require to launch a voyage of discovery, what shipboard life would be like, and what the rewards would be using the voyages of Columbus as an example.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2014

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970 MAC

Meltzer, Milton

Summary: Describes the voyages of Columbus, the terrible impact of the Spaniards on the Indians, and the ultimate cultural influence of the Native Americans on their white conquerors.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 1990

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921COL

Wade, Mary Dodson.

Summary: Christopher Columbus was looking for a faster trade route to China. Instead of finding spices, he opened the way to a part of the world no one in Europe even knew existed! The well-organized chapters help students identify key details while the photographs, timelines and other text features encourage students to make connections between historical events and enable students to better understand...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COL

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COL

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1992

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 DIS

Mann, Charles C.

Summary: Charles Mann chronicles the Age of Exploration and its consequences. Here, he looks at how the European presence affected the Americas, China, and Africa.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 909.4 MAN

Nebenzahl, Kenneth.

Format: cartographic

Publisher / Publication Date: Rand McNally 1990

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 970.015 NEB

Sale, Kirkpatrick.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 1991

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.015 SAL

Berry, Steve

Summary: Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Tom Sagan and an unscrupulous zealot, Zachariah Simon, square off in a dangerous game to find the key to a 500 year-old mystery--a treasure with explosive political significance in the modern world: the lost treasures of the Temple of Jerusalem.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BER

Huyghe, Patrick.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 1992

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.015 HUY

Adler, David A.

Summary: A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Christopher Columbus.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1991

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COL

Bader, Bonnie

Summary: 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."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap ; An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COL

Columbus, Christopher.

Summary: Translation based on Las Casas abstract of the Log with additions from his Historia and Fernando Columbus's Historia (of the Columbus family). His own account of the voyage.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: International Marine Pub. Co. 1987

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 970.015 COL

Gallagher, Carole S.

Summary: A biography of the Italian explorer who, in the fifteenth century, became the first European to discover the West Indies islands, located below the southernmost tip of the United States, in three historic voyages sponsored by Spain's monarchy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2000

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB COLUMBUS GAL

Langley, Andrew.

Summary: Discusses the voyages of Columbus across the Atlantic.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Juniors 1994

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.015 LAN

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