It All Started with Columbus

It All Started with Columbus
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Total Pages : 119
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:24576901
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Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis It All Started with Columbus by : Richard Armour

They All Laughed at Christopher Columbus

They All Laughed at Christopher Columbus
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Publisher : Bantam
Total Pages : 230
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ISBN-10 : 9780307767196
ISBN-13 : 0307767191
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis They All Laughed at Christopher Columbus by : Elizabeth Weil

This is a classic American tale of dreams and obsession--the suspenseful, brilliantly written account of one eccentric man’s hunger to open space travel to us all: to let us rocket into orbit, return to earth, and soar yet again--thus transforming space travel forever. They All Laughed at Christopher Columbus Gary Hudson was seven years old when Sputnik flew, nineteen when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, and all he ever wanted to do was to travel into space. Between 1970 and 1996 he founded and disbanded five separate rocket-building companies, none meeting with much success. Then, in 1997, at the age of forty-seven, he launched Rotary Rocket. His goal was to develop and build the Roton, the world’s first manned, single-stage-to-orbit, fully reusable spaceship, capable of shuttling ordinary people into orbit and back in a single day. Elizabeth Weil followed Gary for two years, and in this book she brings to vivid life a seductively--perhaps delusionally--optimistic world where science and science fiction meld and fuse, and where imagination and invention collide. In California’s bleak and windswept Mojave Desert, Gary assembled a fanatical, mismatched crew of engineers and technicians, and Weil bears witness to their Roton endeavor, from first conception to final test flight. The cast includes a pyromaniacal engineer, a world expert on composite airframes, two former Navy test pilots, Gary’s infinitely patient wife, a third-generation Mojave motel owner, and an enigmatic and resourceful financier. At their center shines Gary himself, a man eternally reflecting the glow of a better, lighter, higher world--a world that, despite his flaws and failures, he perpetually convinces us we’re all about to reach.

Christopher Columbus Book of Privileges

Christopher Columbus Book of Privileges
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Total Pages : 173
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ISBN-10 : 1929154534
ISBN-13 : 9781929154531
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Christopher Columbus Book of Privileges by : John W. Hessler

"An interpretive examination of the legal documents that granted Columbus rights in and to the New World, with a facsimile of the original copy of the Book of Privileges that is housed in the Library of Congress"--Provided by publisher.

A Journey with Christopher Columbus

A Journey with Christopher Columbus
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Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
Total Pages : 43
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ISBN-10 : 9781512472530
ISBN-13 : 1512472530
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis A Journey with Christopher Columbus by : Stuart A. Kallen

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe and landed on a Caribbean island in what he thought was India. Over the next twelve years, Columbus made several voyages to the New World, seeking gold and power and bringing other Europeans to start colonies. How can we know what the journey was like for Columbus, his shipmates, and the Taino people he met in the Caribbean? We can study maps and tools Columbus used, excerpts from his journal, and carvings and jewelry created by the Taino. Explore primary sources from his time to learn more about his famous journey.

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books
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Publisher : Scribner
Total Pages : 416
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ISBN-10 : 9781982111403
ISBN-13 : 1982111402
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by : Edward Wilson-Lee

This impeccably researched and “adventure-packed” (The Washington Post) account of the obsessive quest by Christopher Columbus’s son to create the greatest library in the world is “the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters” (NPR) and offers a vivid picture of Europe on the verge of becoming modern. At the peak of the Age of Exploration, Hernando Colón sailed with his father Christopher Columbus on his final voyage to the New World, a journey that ended in disaster, bloody mutiny, and shipwreck. After Columbus’s death in 1506, eighteen-year-old Hernando sought to continue—and surpass—his father’s campaign to explore the boundaries of the known world by building a library that would collect everything ever printed: a vast holding organized by summaries and catalogues; really, the first ever database for the exploding diversity of written matter as the printing press proliferated across Europe. Hernando traveled extensively and obsessively amassed his collection based on the groundbreaking conviction that a library of universal knowledge should include “all books, in all languages and on all subjects,” even material often dismissed: ballads, erotica, news pamphlets, almanacs, popular images, romances, fables. The loss of part of his collection to another maritime disaster in 1522, set off the final scramble to complete this sublime project, a race against time to realize a vision of near-impossible perfection. “Magnificent…a thrill on almost every page” (The New York Times Book Review), The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books is a window into sixteenth-century Europe’s information revolution, and a reflection of the passion and intrigues that lie beneath our own insatiable desires to bring order to the world today.

Meet Christopher Columbus

Meet Christopher Columbus
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Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 81
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ISBN-10 : 9780307814944
ISBN-13 : 0307814947
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Meet Christopher Columbus by : James T. de Kay

Schoolchildren will be fascinated by this clear account of Columbus's voyages and his encounters with storms, Indians, and political intrigue. A map of the world in Columbus's time and a detailed drawing of the Santa Maria add depth to this exciting, real-life adventure tale.

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus
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Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 41
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ISBN-10 : 9780385374729
ISBN-13 : 0385374720
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Christopher Columbus by : Stephen Krensky

Independent readers can learn about Columbus's fateful voyage in this dramatic, easy-to-read account of a pivotal moment in American history.

Rethinking Columbus

Rethinking Columbus
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Publisher : Rethinking Schools
Total Pages : 197
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ISBN-10 : 9780942961201
ISBN-13 : 094296120X
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Rethinking Columbus by : Bill Bigelow

Provides resources for teaching elementary and secondary school students about Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America.

Christopher Columbus the Hero

Christopher Columbus the Hero
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 1548738123
ISBN-13 : 9781548738129
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Christopher Columbus the Hero by : Rafael

Once upon a time, Columbus was a hero... Sadly, that's not the case today: Some people don't even know who he was, or what he did; while others claim he was a villain, and are advocating for the abolition of Columbus Day and everything he represented. Accusations vary from Columbus being a racist, a rapist, a genocidal maniac, and even that he ran a child sex slave ring. The question is, are these allegations true? And, where are the scholars correcting Columbus' record? Unfortunately, some of the misinformation out there comes from "scholars;" and even those who defend Columbus, won't address the actual story either. In this book, the reader will learn who modern history revisionists claim Columbus was, and what he did, vs. the actual historical accounts, coming from the mouths of those who knew him well, and wrote about them for us. The conclusion will be inevitable, that is, Columbus was a Hero, and his story and legacy need to be rediscovered again today.

Columbus in the Americas

Columbus in the Americas
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Publisher : Wiley
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 9780471432128
ISBN-13 : 0471432121
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Columbus in the Americas by : William Least Heat-Moon

A stirring tale of adventure and tragedy "They brought balls of spun cotton and parrots and javelins and other little things that it would be tiresome to write down, and they gave everything for anything that was given to them. I was attentive and labored to find out if there was any gold." With these portentous words, Christopher Columbus described one of his first encounters with Native Americans on the island of Guanahani, which he had named San Salvador and claimed for Spain the day before. In Columbus in the Americas, bestselling author William Least Heat-Moon reveals that Columbus's subsequent dealings with the cultures he encountered not only did considerable immediate harm, but also set the pattern of behavior for those who followed him. Based on the logbook of Columbus and numerous other firsthand accounts of his four voyages to the New World, this vividly detailed history also examines the strengths and weaknesses of Columbus as a navigator, explorer, and leader. It recounts dramatic events such as the destruction of Fortress Navidad, the very first European settlement in the New World; a pitched battle in northern Panama with the native Guaymi people; and an agonizing year Columbus and his men spent marooned on a narrow spit of land in southern Jamaica. Filled with stories of triumph and tragedy, courage and villainy, Columbus in the Americas offers a balanced yet unflinching portrait of the most famous and controversial explorer in history. TURNING POINTS features preeminent writers offering fresh, personal perspectives on the defining events of our time.