First Voyage to America: From the Log of the "Santa Maria" (Dover Children's Classics)
by Christopher Columbus Author
(From Amazon): Dramatic, revealing entries — including Columbus' own words — document epochal voyage, heavy seas, discouraged crew, first sighting of land, appearance of island natives, more. Translated into English, reset in large type. 44 illustrations, including a number from rare sources. Fascinating historical document. Publisher's note.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780486268446
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 7
- Pages
- 96
- Suggested Grades
- 3rd - 8th
- Historical Setting
- 1490 - 1492
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Copyright
- 1991
Chapters
- 1 Martin Behaim's Globe
- 2 Quotation from Seneca
- 3 Evidences of Land in the West
- 4 COlumbus' Address to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
- 5 Log of COlumbus' First Voyage (through Oct 12, 1492)
- 6 Map: The Route of Columbus
- 7 The First Two Days in America (Oct 13 and 14, 1492)
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