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Series
Publisher
NEST Family Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
While the whole world sailed east on the path to find China, Colmbus believed it could be reached in two weeks...by sailing west! Finally, after securing the support of Queen Isabella of Spain, Columbus set sail. After three weeks of sailing and no sight of land, his crew threatened mutiny. At the moment when all seemed lost and Columbus considered turning back, land was discovered. Columbus realized his dream and America was discovered.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The true story of Christopher Columbus was not only one of victorious discovery, it was marked by disaster, accusation, and betrayal. Ten short years after his discovery of the New World, Columbus languished in a Caribbean prison. There, awaiting the gallows, he plotted what he called his 'most treacherous' voyage - one that ended with the loss of all four of his ships and left Columbus and his crew shipwrecked with little hope of survival.
Series
Animated hero classics volume 1
Publisher
Family Entertainment Network
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Animated depiction of the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus.
Publisher
Spoken Arts
Pub. Date
[between 1900 and 1999]
Language
English
Description
A life of the Genoese weaver's son who sought to prove the world is round, telling how he studied map-making in Portugal, waited long years for financial and material support from Isabella of Spain, and finally made four voyages to the New World.
Publisher
NGHT
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"In 1494, Christopher Columbus made a second journey to the Americas--this time with more ships, more men, and a grander mission. His goal: to build the first European colony in the New World. But in just a few short years, this settlement would perish--one-fifth of its inhabitants dead, at least six ships sunk in the bay, and the legacy of Columbus permanently marred. What hapened at his ill-fated settlement remains a mystery 500 years later. National...