The amusing illustrations and descriptive text provide an interesting insight into the age of sea exploration and the meeting of cultures in the New World. The book serves as an enlightening introduction to the life of Christopher Columbus, including his struggles to finance his journeys, his someti[...]
Named a Best Book of the Year by: * Financial Times * New Statesman * History Today * The Spectator * "Like a Renaissance wonder cabinet, full of surprises and opening up into a lost world." --Stephen Greenblatt The impeccably researched and vividly rendered account of the forgotten quest by Christo[...]
What drove Columbus to challenge all the mapmakers of his day by sailing west to look for a new passage? It all begins one night on a Portuguese beach. Level 3, Up to 1000 words[...]