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Columbus, Christopher

Boshman, Claudia L. America Discovers Columbus. University Press of New England, 1992. A study of how Americans have viewed Columbus over the past five centuries.

Columbus, Christopher. Trans. John Cummins. The Voyage of Christopher Columbus. St. Martin's, 1992. Account of Columbus's journey, based on the mariner's logbook.

Davidson, Miles H. Columbus Then and Now: A Life Reexamined. University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. Critique of recent scholarship on Columbus reveals errors, omissions, and bias.

Dor-Ner, Zvi. Columbus and the Age of Discovery. Morrow, 1991. Illustrated companion volume to the PBS television series.

Flint, Valerie I. J. The Imaginative Landscape of Christopher Columbus. Princeton University Press, 1992. A study of Columbus's inner vision, as opposed to the facts of his exploits.

Jacobs, Francine. The Tainos: The People Who Welcomed Columbus. Putnam, 1992. Describes the history, culture, and eventual annihilation of the Tainos people, who greeted Columbus in 1492; for younger readers.

Yue, Charlotte, and David Yue. Christopher Columbus: How He Did It. Houghton Mifflin, 1992. History with a concentration on the knowledge and technology that enabled Columbus to succeed; for younger readers.

For younger readers

Brenner, Barbara. If You Were There in 1492: Everyday Life in the Time of Columbus. Simon & Schuster, 1998. For readers in grades 3 to 5.

Fritz, Jean. Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus? Putnam, 1997. For readers in grades 3 to 5.

Landau, Elaine. Columbus Day: Celebrating a Famous Explorer. Enslow, 2001. For readers in grades 3 to 5.

Molzahn, Arlene Bourgeois. Christopher Columbus: Famous Explorer. Enslow, 2003. For readers in grades 3 to 5.

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