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Author Reis, Ronald A., author.

Title Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration for kids with 21 activities / Ronald A. Reis.

Publication Info. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2013.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary Taking a comprehensive, nuanced, and inclusive approach to Christopher Columbus, this illuminating biography with activities for young readers places him in the context of the explorations that came before, during, and after his lifetime. It portrays the Admiral of the Ocean Seas neither as hero nor heel, but as a flawed and complex man whose significance is undeniably monumental. Providing kids, parents, and teachers with a fuller picture of the seafaring life and the dangers and thrills of exploration, author Ronald Reis details all four of Columbus's voyages to the New World, not just his first, and describes the year that Columbus spent stranded on the island of Jamaica without hope of rescue. A full chapter is devoted to painting a more complete and complex portrait of the indigenous peoples of the New World and another to the consequences of Columbus's voyagesthe exchange of diseases, ideas, crops, and populations between the New World and the Old. Engaging cross-curricular activities, such as taking nautical measurements, simulating a hurricane, making an ancient globe, and conducting silent trade, elucidate nautical concepts introduced and the times in which Columbus lived.
Subject Columbus, Christopher -- Juvenile literature.
Columbus, Christopher.
Columbus, Christopher. (OCoLC)fst00028086
Explorers -- America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- Spain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile literature.
Education, Elementary -- Activity programs.
Explorers -- America -- Biography.
Explorers -- Spain -- Biography.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Activity Books.
Adventure & Adventurers.
Exploration & Discovery.
Activity Books.
Discovery and exploration, Spanish. (OCoLC)fst01352794
Education, Elementary -- Activity programs. (OCoLC)fst00902947
Explorers. (OCoLC)fst00918556
America. (OCoLC)fst01239786
Spain. (OCoLC)fst01204303
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Electronic books.
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Other Form: Print version: Reis, Ronald A. Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration for kids with 21 activities. First edition 9781613746745 (DLC) 2013013451 (OCoLC)841199131
ISBN 9781613746776 (electronic bk.)
1613746776 (electronic bk.)
9781613746752 (electronic bk.)
161374675X (electronic bk.)
1306011663 (electronic bk.)
9781306011662 (electronic bk.)
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