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Admiral of the Ocean Sea is Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's classic biography of the greatest sailor of them all, Christopher Columbus. It is written with the insight, energy, and authority that only someone who had himself sailed in Columbus's path to the New World could muster. Morison undertook this expedition in a 147-foot schooner and a 47-foot ketch, the dimensions of these craft roughly matching those of Columbus's Santa Maria and Nina.

Buoyant and determined, and having at last won the support of the king and queen of Spain, Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe with three ships, confident he would reach the Indies by this new route and find the gold-laden civilization to the great Khan. After four risky expeditions in which he explored the Caribbean and landed on South America, Columbus died without acclaim, never knowing he had reached what would soon be known as the New World.

In a not-too-distant future that is not quite ours, there has been a major scientific breakthrough. It is a way to open windows into the past, permitting historical researchers to view, but not participate, in the events of the past.

In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking novels of his remarkable career, Orson Scott Card interweaves a compelling portrait of Christopher Columbus with the story of a future scientist who believes she can alter human history from a tragedy of bloodshed and brutality to a world filled with hope and healing.

From the author of the Magellan biography, Over the Edge of the World, a mesmerizing new account of the great explorer. Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world history.

These are the words of Christopher Columbus - the record of his first voyage to America. His private journal from the trip was lost, but not before being studied and condensed by later writers like Spanish historian and Dominican friar Bartolomé de Las Casas, whose abridgement has been changed to first person perspective for this production (Columbus' actual words were often included by the friar). The result is a personal record of an enterprise which changed the whole face of history.

You cannot discover lands already inhabited. Injustice has plagued American society for centuries. And we cannot move toward being a more just nation without understanding the root causes that have shaped our culture and institutions. In this prophetic blend of history, theology, and cultural commentary, Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah reveal the far-reaching, damaging effects of the "Doctrine of Discovery."

Christopher Columbus never knew he had discovered a New World. He died unaware that his determined voyages had changed the world forever. This biography teaches young listeners about the life of the famous Italian explorer who became the first European to discover the West Indies.

This classic biography should be mandatory listening for all academicians. Winsor, a historian, poet, literary critic, and fiction writer, retraces every important aspect of Columbus' fascinating life, from his family origins to his beliefs and convictions. Columbus emerges as a living, breathing human being with passions and ideas: a man possessing intellect and imagination enough to believe that the earth was round, not flat. Winsor's opus represents an honest search for the truth.

History remembers Christopher Columbus as a steadfast explorer who crossed the Atlantic to discover America. But what if I told you that’s not the real truth? That he was, in fact, a notorious adventurer who defied kings and gods in pursuit of a legendary treasure? Join him and his companions as they voyage to the lost city of Atlantis, where the fate of two worlds hangs in the balance.

In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas. Or did he? Listeners will learn the full story about Christopher Columbus’s famous voyage.

Everyone knows who Christopher Columbus is, and everyone knows what he discovered and what he is famous for. Who, really, is this man, so shrouded in mystery? Columbus would tell you he was inspired by God to make his voyages, and it takes a brave soul indeed to sail out into the ocean blue where no one has gone before. In this audiobook, you'll find out all about this most remarkable of men. You will uncover why he thought it so important to never give up on his dream.

We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news. The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits. When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved.

Explore the Uncharted with The Most Incredible Exploration Stories Ever Told! Embark on an unforgettable journey through time and across the globe with this captivating collection of exploration stories that will ignite your sense of adventure and curiosity. In The Most Incredible Exploration Stories Ever Told, we invite you to dive headfirst into the thrilling tales of intrepid explorers who dared to venture into the unknown, unveiling the mysteries of our world. Among several others, you’ll learn about the exploits and adventures of: Marco Polo, the Venetian explorer who became an ...

Genoese born Marcus Tychon Triarius regards Christopher Columbus as a man of enormous vison and courage. The youngster stows away aboard the Pinta, fleeing a European blood feud, but the New World is not distant enough for the man who murdered Marcus' father and who now seeks to kill Marcus, stranded somewhere beneath the canopy of the unforgiving Hispaniola wilderness. Marcus survives attacks by a demon in many guises and eventually marries a beautiful new arrival from Spain, unaware that his wife was sent his way by his father's aging murderer. Marcus happens across a cave of unblemished ...

Did Christopher Columbus discover America or a route to the Far East? He was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who had a singular goal toward which he was driven. His courage was astounding, as he and his three small ships set sail across the Atlantic Ocean. Columbus and his men took precarious and dangerous journeys toward a blue horizon. All they had to depend upon were nautical charts, an astrolabe, and a quadrant. The maps he used were developed by more ancient astronomers such as Ptolemy and Eratosthenes – men who had never sailed the great sea.

If you’ve ever found American history boring or hard to understand, this book is for you. Inside, a bright, curious student poses questions about American history, and a kind, knowledgeable teacher answers them. Nothing escapes the student’s inquisitive mind, and the teacher is endlessly patient. Review (from Midwest Book Review): Five stars. There are better ways to present info than ten pound textbooks. [This book] is an exciting read on the history of America through an engrossing question and answer format that asks countless questions about America, its early days, colonial times, ...

Originally published as a section of the author’s larger “Conversations in Early American History: 1492-1763,” this Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 60 pages, clearly explains, in easy-to-follow question-and-answer format, the key events of American history from Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the New World (1492) to the signing of the treaty that ended the French and Indian War (1763). CONTENTS 1. Christopher Columbus 2. Jamestown 3. The House of Burgesses 4. The Pilgrims 5. Bacon’s Rebellion 6. The Salem Witch Trials 7. The Thirteen ...

As Cristoforo Colombo sails to discover new lands, his life is thrown into a storm unsuspectingly designed by his enemies; unknown forces lurk behind him as he sails on to the New Indies. His successful discovery and titles as Governor, Admiral, and Viceroy, turn his voyages into a long life of threats. A conspiracy turns against his life when the ambitious Pope Alexander, the Spaniard Borgia, heeding counsel from Nicolo Machiavelli, embarks in a plan to put the New Indies under the power of the papacy. Sunken into poverty when the Spain does not pay his rights over the New Indies, Colombo ...

One minute, she is home with her family, and the next, Arabella and Tom find themselves sailing in a fleet with Christopher Columbus, exploring the Americas. When the ship they are on runs aground and begins to sink, will they be able to escape?

Are you interested in Caribbean history? More specifically, in the Arawakan people? One of the indigenous tribes of the Caribbean, the Arawakans are a fascinating study in how culture and social order can be disrupted and wiped out by one historical event - the colonizers’ arrival. This account explores the Arawakan people and their culture in detail, together with an exploration of the events surrounding Christopher Columbus’s arrival and what followed - the Arawakans were forced to change their social institutions and forget. Explore their culture and social institutions: