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Christopher Columbus (History Maker Bios Series)

by Susan Bivin Aller, Tim Parlin
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Overview

True or false?
Christopher Columbus was the first European to discover America.

False!
Viking explorers had come to America hundreds of years earlier, but they didn't leave any records. (The first map of America was drawn to Juan de la Cosa, Columbus's shipmate.)

  • Columbus sailed on a ship that was attacked by pirates.
  • He was arrested by the king and queen of Spain.
  • He sailed to America four times, but he never believed he had found a new continent.

Christopher Columbus made history!

Synopsis

True or false?
Christopher Columbus was the first European to discover America.

False!
Viking explorers had come to America hundreds of years earlier, but they didn't leave any records. (The first map of America was drawn to Juan de la Cosa, Columbus's shipmate.)

  • Columbus sailed on a ship that was attacked by pirates.
  • He was arrested by the king and queen of Spain.
  • He sailed to America four times, but he never believed he had found a new continent.

    Christopher Columbus made history!

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    Book Details

    Published
    July 1, 2002
    Publisher
    Barnes & Noble
    Pages
    47
    Format
    Paperback
    ISBN
    9780760733882

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