The Discovery of the Americas

The Discovery of the Americas
Author: Betsy Maestro
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 50
Release: 1992-04-20
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0688115128

"The Maestros do a real service here in presenting the more familiar explorers in the context of all the migrations that have populated the Western Hemisphere....An outstanding introduction."--Kirkus Reviews. "The dazzlingly clean and accurate prose and the exhilarating beauty of the pictures combine for an extraordinary achievement in both history and art."--School Library Journal.

Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the New World

Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the New World
Author: Carole S. Gallagher
Publisher: Chelsea House
Total Pages: 63
Release: 1999-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780791055090

A biography of the Italian explorer who, in the fifteenth century, became the first European to discover the West Indies islands, located below the southernmost tip of the United States, in three historic voyages sponsored by Spain's monarchy.

Explorers of the New World

Explorers of the New World
Author: Carla Mooney
Publisher: Build It Yourself
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781936313440

Provides twenty-two step-by-step projects to help readers learn about the explorers that discovered America and their voyages.

The Race to the New World

The Race to the New World
Author: Doug Hunter
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2012-10-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230341659

Generalihistory of North America.

Who Discovered America?

Who Discovered America?
Author: Gavin Menzies
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2013-10-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0062236776

Greatly expanding on his blockbuster 1421, distinguished historian Gavin Menzies uncovers the complete untold history of how mankind came to the Americas—offering new revelations and a radical rethinking of the accepted historical record in Who Discovered America? The iconoclastic historian’s magnum opus, Who Discovered America? calls into question our understanding of how the American continents were settled, shedding new light on the well-known “discoveries” of European explorers, including Christopher Columbus. In Who Discovered America? he combines meticulous research and an adventurer’s spirit to reveal astounding new evidence of an ancient Asian seagoing tradition—most notably the Chinese—that dates as far back as 130,000 years ago. Menzies offers a revolutionary new alternative to the “Beringia” theory of how humans crossed a land bridge connecting Asia and North America during the last Ice Age, and provides a wealth of staggering claims, that hold fascinating and astonishing implications for the history of mankind.

1493

1493
Author: Charles C. Mann
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307265722

More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning of an extraordinary exchange of flora and fauna between Eurasia and the Americas.

New Worlds

New Worlds
Author: Ronald H. Fritze
Publisher: History Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN:

A fascinating narrative history of the great voyages of discovery, and is the only book of its kind to span the crucial period 1400-1600 in one readable book.

Who was First?

Who was First?
Author: Russell Freedman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2007
Genre: America
ISBN: 9781428770263

"For a long time, most people believed that Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to 'discover' America--the first to make a successful round-trip voyage across the Atlantic. But in recent years, as new evidence has come to light, our understanding of history has changed. We know now that Columbus was among the last explorers to reach the Americas, not the first"--Jacket.

Discovering the New World

Discovering the New World
Author: Andrew Langley
Publisher: Chelsea House
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780791028216

Discusses the voyages of Columbus across the Atlantic.