Meet Christopher Columbus

by James T. de Kay, John Edens (Illustrator)

Overview

When Christopher Columbus was young, he worked for his father making cloth. But he did not want to be a cloth-maker all his life. He wanted to see new lands and have adventures. He wanted to be a sailor! By the time he was 25, Christopher had sailed to France, Africa, and Greece. He had seen strange cities and had many adventures. But his greatest adventure would come when he set out for China and found a whole new world instead.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780375812101
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	07/24/2001
Series:	Landmark Books
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	80
Sales rank:	635,423
Product dimensions:	5.19(w) x 7.63(h) x 0.23(d)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

James Tertius de Kay is a naval historian and the author of Monitor: The Story of the Legendary Civil War Ironclad and the Man Whose Invention Changed the Course of History and Chronicles of the Frigate Macedonian, which was praised by the New York Times as "history that reads like a historical novel." He lives in Connecticut.

John Edens is an illustrator of books for young readers. His credits include Meet Christopher Columbus by James T. de Kay, Sea of Ice: The Wreck of the Endurance by Monica Kulling, and The Time Machine by H. G. Wells.