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Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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What were the significant events of Christopher Columbus's early life? How did Columbus get the money to make his first voyage? What happened on Columbus's four voyages? What is Columbus's legacy? The answers to all of these questions are covered with detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting video, as well as on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment to reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
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English
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Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Tom Sagan and an unscrupulous zealot, Zachariah Simon, square off in a dangerous game to find the key to a 500 year-old mystery--a treasure with explosive political significance in the modern world: the lost treasures of the Temple of Jerusalem.
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English
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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...
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English
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This is the story of the famous explorer Christopher Columbus, beginning with his childhood dream of being a sailor. Despite his incredible courage and determination, Columbus' greed caused many problems. His voyages never brought him the riches he sought, but what he did find was more important than he ever could have imagined.
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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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"From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. 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...
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