Events in the life of Columbus, the Admiral, including his efforts to obtain ships and money to sail to the West, his first voyage, and his discovery of the New World.

The Year is 1500. Christopher Columbus, stripped of his title Admiral of the Ocean Seas, waits in chains in a Caribbean prison built under his orders, looking out at the colony that he founded, nurtured, and ruled for eight years. Less than a decade after discovering the New World, he has fallen into disgrace, accused by the royal court of being a liar, a secret Jew, and a foreigner who sought to steal the riches of the New World for himself.
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Rhyming text describes Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the New World.

Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist Tom Sagan has written hard-hitting articles from hot spots around the world. But when a controversial report from a war-torn region is exposed as a fraud, his professional reputation crashes and burns. Now he lives in virtual exile, haunted by bad decisions and the shocking truth he can never prove: that his downfall was a deliberate act of sabotage by an unknown enemy. But before Sagan can end his torment...

Discusses the reintroduction of the horse by Columbus, after its having been extinct in North America for 8500 years, and how that animal changed forever the lives of North Americans.

A record of letters, maps, and other documents associated with Christopher Columbus's life and career in exploration. Reproductions of historical engravings throughout. Lima de Freitas' illustrations consist of 5 drawings, appearing as double-page spreads, plus a medallion of the head of Columbus on the title page, all of which were printed in black & 2 colors. In addition, he has fashioned some 65 black-and-white drawings. The illustrations are reminiscent...

Christopher Columbus overcomes a number of obstacles to fulfill his dream of sailing west to find a new route to the Orient.

A look at the deaths of several famous people throughout history and the circumstances surrounding those deaths.