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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

Wright, Ronald

Summary: Plucked from his small fishing village and captured by the conquistadors looking to plunder the gold of Peru, young Waman is the everyman thrown into extraordinary circumstances, caught up in history's throes. He finds himself at every major moment in the empire-building of the Spanish explorers, including Francisco Pizarro, and in the culture clash and violent overthrow of the Incan leaders....

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WRI

Lalami, Laila

Summary: In this stunning work of historical fiction, Laila Lalami brings us the imagined memoirs of the first black explorer of America-a Moroccan slave whose testimony was left out of the official record.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2014

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAL

Baxter, Stephen.

Summary: A mysterious prophecy continues to transform the face of Europe as Christianity and Islam battle for supremacy across Spain, agents from the future use horrific weapons of destruction to change history, and in 1492, a bold explorer seeks funding for his western expedition.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAX

Dorris, Michael.

Summary: Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 1992

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

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