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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
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE NELYolen, 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
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOLKallen, 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
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 970.01 KALMann, 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
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 909.08 MANLevinson, 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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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
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB COL PELHerr, Melody.
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
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC YOUSummary: 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
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.015 CHRFritz, 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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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COLMacdonald, 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
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970 MACMeltzer, 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
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921COLWade, 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
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COLHuyghe, Patrick.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.015 HUYHeat Moon, William Least.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley 2002