Overview
A latest entry in the popular series offers insight into the historical events that prompted Columbus'' efforts to establish new trade routes to the Indies, his struggles to obtain financial support for his voyages and the important discoveries that caused him to become known as the "Great Admiral of the Seas." Simultaneous.
In this exciting new WHO WAS...? Biography, children will learn of Christopher Columbus' early life at sea, which led him to seek fortune by sailing west in hopes of creating new trade routes with the Indies. Readers will learn why he called himself the "Great Admiral of the Seas" and learn of his struggles to find financial support for his voyage.
- | Author: Bonnie Bader, Nancy Harrison
- | Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap
- | Publication Date: Jun 27, 2013
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780448463339
- | ISBN-10: 0448463334