Meet Christopher Columbus

by de Kay, James T.; Edens, John

• ISBN13: 9780375812101
• ISBN10: 0375812105
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-24
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Summary

When Christopher Columbus was young, he worked for his father making cloth. But he did not want to be a cloth-maker all his life. He wanted to see new lands and have adventures. He wanted to be a sailor! By the time he was 25, Christopher had sailed to France, Africa, and Greece. He had seen strange cities and had many adventures. But his greatest adventure would come when he set out for China and found a whole new world instead.

Author Biography

James Tertius de Kay is a naval historian and the author of Monitor: The Story of the Legendary Civil War Ironclad and the Man Whose Invention Changed the Course of History and Chronicles of the Frigate Macedonian, which was praised by the New York Times as "history that reads like a historical novel." He lives in Connecticut.

John Edens is an illustrator of books for young readers. His credits include Meet Christopher Columbus by James T. de Kay, Sea of Ice: The Wreck of the Endurance by Monica Kulling, and The Time Machine by H. G. Wells.

Table of Contents

Meet Christopher Columbus	1	(1)
The Young Sailor	2	(3)
Attacked at Sea	5	(3)
Lands of Gold and Spices	8	(5)
Troubles Begin	13	(3)
Columbus and the Queen	16	(5)
The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria	21	(5)
The Canary Islands	26	(3)
On the Western Ocean	29	(3)
``Land! Land!''	32	(5)
San Salvador	37	(4)
The Search for Gold	41	(3)
Shipwreck!	44	(3)
Heading for Home	47	(5)
Prisoners of Portugal	52	(4)
An Angry King	56	(3)
The Hero of Spain	59	(3)
Admiral of the Ocean Sea	62	(2)
America	64