Columbus
By: Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire.
Contributors: D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin, 1898-
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Subjects: Columbus, Christopher -- Juvenile literature.; Columbus, Christopher.; Explorers -- America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers -- Spain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: A life of the Genoese weaver's son who sought to prove the world is round, telling how he studied map-making in Portugal, waited long years for financial and material support from Isabella of Spain, and finally made four voyages to the New World.