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The World of Columbus and Sons

by Genevieve Foster Author

(From Amazon): This is the story of a wonderful, changing, reawakening world the world of the Renaissance and Reformation. Measured by the lifetime of Columbus and his sons, this book spans the years from 1451-1539. With Columbus as the central figure of this narrative, readers will also learn the fascinating stories of Prince Henry the Navigator, Ivan III of Russia, Gutenberg, Queen Isabella, Leonardo da Vinci, Mohammed II, the African ruler Nomi Mansa, Martin Luther, Erasmus, Albrecht Dürer, Copernicus, Michaelangelo and many others. Told in Foster's engaging and winsome style enhanced by her helpful chronologies and timelines, readers will learn of the religious, cultural and scientific changes that ushered in a new frontier of exploration and discovery.

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Resource Type: Book
ISBN: 0964380382
Print Status: In Print
Chapters: 104
Pages: 406
Historical Setting: 1451 - 1537
Publisher: Beautiful Feet Bks
Copyright: 1998

Chapters

1 St. Christopher's Namesake
2 Young Isabella
3 Who is Heir to Castle
4 Mohammed Captures Constantinople
5 Man of Vision
6 The Pope and the Printing Press
7 From Venice to Portugal
8 The Great Prince
9 Slavery
10 Africa and the Africans
11 Diogo Gomes on the Gambia
12 A Map from Venice
13 In the Harbor of Genoa
14 Two Patrons of the Renaissance
15 Early Florentine Artists
16 Young Leonardo
17 The Medicis Add a Lily
18 The "Spider King"
19 The Wars of the Roses Begin
20 Enter Edward IV
21 The Bride and the Printer
22 Young Henry Tudor of Wales
23 Isabella Chooses Ferdinand
24 The Small World of Columbus
25 Perpetual Holiday in Florence
26 The New Ruler
27 Another Rome, Another Ceasar
28 Part 2: Columbus in Portugal
29 Isabella Meets the Challenge
30 Of Maps, Books and Driftwood
31 A Fateful Marriage
32 Margaret of Austria, Queen of France
33 Her Husband King Charles VIII
34 Growing up at Amboise
35 Edward V and his Uncle Richard III
36 The Plot Thickens
37 War with Granada Begins
38 Faith of Fire
39 Under the "Perfect Prince"
40 Columbus goes to Spain
41 The Return of "King Arthur"
42 The First Tudor and his Rose
43 The Year 1488 in Cordova
44 Of Hope and Despair
45 Babar, A Future Conqueror
46 Ivan III Defies the Mongol Khan
47 Lorenzo, The Magnificent
48 Part 3: After the Fall of Granada
49 Exodus: 1492
50 The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
51 Thirty-five Days at Sea
52 Where Were They?
53 Christmas of Haiti
54 Home with the Report
55 Admiral of the Ocean Sea
56 Martin Behaim's "Earth Apple"
57 The Flamboyant Borgias
58 The Nuremburg Chronicle
59 The House of Hapsburg
60 Erasmus of Rotterdam
61 Martin Luther, Schoolboy
62 Admiral Columbus Sails Again
63 The Tragedy of Italy
64 Juana and Philip
65 John Cabot and Henry VII
66 Vasco Da Gama Reaches India
67 To Trinidad and Santo Domingo
68 A Voice of the Middle Ages is Silenced
69 Michelangelo Goes to Rome
70 Enter Louis XII
71 Leonardo
72 Copernicus
73 Part 4: An Heir is Born
74 Waiting in Granada
75 Friends in England
76 Martin Luther Becomes a Monk
77 Between Two Royal Lions
78 Unwilling Guests
79 Voyage IV
80 Of Death, Birth, and Tragedy
81 Why America?
82 Warrior and Builder
83 Erasmus in Italy
84 In Praise of Folly
85 The Happy Husband, Henry VIII
86 Life in Santo Domingo
87 Martin Luther Visits Rome
88 Margaret and the Three Kings
89 Ruler of the Netherlands
90 Two Famous Books
91 The Happy Pope, Leo X
92 The King, Francis I
93 Leonardo's Last Patron
94 The New King of Spain
95 Magellan
96 Apostle to the Indies
97 A New New Testament
98 Martin Luther's Hammer
99 The Last Knight Rides Away
100 Opinions Vary
101 Climax on the Rhine
102 Here I Stand
103 England's "Defender of the Faith"
104 Return to Spain

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