Admiral of the Ocean Sea is Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison's classic biography of the greatest sailor of them all, Christopher Columbus. It is written with the insight, energy, and authority that only someone who had himself sailed in Columbus' path to the New World could muster. Morison undertook this expedition in a 147-foot schooner and a 47-foot ketch, the dimensions of these craft roughly matching those of Columbus' Santa Maria and Niña.

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"From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning...

Discusses the voyages of Christopher Columbus who determined to beat everyone in the race to the Indies.

A simple account of Christopher Columbus' first voyage to America.

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A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.

A biography of the famous explorer, Christopher Columbus and his voyages to the New World and what he discovered.

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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."

Written as a diary by the ship's boy, this story presents a personal view of Columbus's first trip across the atlantic and of his discovery of America.