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“peter wibaux”

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  • Clear Eyes

    by Peter Wibaux ...
    Sailing into the unknown.Returning with the unimaginable.Thursday, September 6, 1492: Christopher Columbus weighs anchor from La Gomera in the Canary Islands. He plans to reach Cipango-Japan-in about three weeks. He brings along a servant: Totio-Clear Eyes, a Canary Island native.Five harrowing weeks later: Columbus wades ashore on an island in what he believes to be the Indies. Two worlds will ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • The India Road

    by Peter Wibaux ...
    This is the story of men who sailed by reading the stars, played the games of politics and war better than anyone today, and dared to risk their nations future seeking legendary wealth halfway around the world. It also explains why, and how, the small country of Portugal became a world power out of proportion to its size. The story begins with a man whose vision is not clouded by scruples. John ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Folk Tales for Future Dreamers

    by Peter Wibaux ...
    Illustrated by Sarah Van Holle ...
    Ever wonder where the tooth fairy takes your teeth? Or how to see the stars? Join the magic and adventures of these short stories!With charming color illustrations, this book is sure to delight young readers.. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Folk Tales for Future Dreamers

    by Peter Wibaux ...
    Illustrated by Sarah Van Holle ...
    Ever wonder where the tooth fairy takes your teeth? Or how to see the stars? Join the magic and adventures of these short stories!With charming color illustrations, this book is sure to delight young readers.. ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

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  • Pastwatch

    The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

    by Orson Scott Card ...
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    In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking novels of his remarkable career, Orson Scott Card's Pastwatch interweaves a compelling portrait of Christopher Columbus with the story of a future scientist who believes she can alter human history from a tragedy of bloodshed and brutality to a world filled with hope and healing.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital ... Read more

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  • Columbus

    The Four Voyages, 1492-1504

    by Laurence Bergreen ...
    From the author of the Magellan biography, Over the Edge of the World, a mesmerizing new account of the great explorer.Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed event in world history. Yet Columbus made three more voyages within the span of only a decade, each designed to ... Read more

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  • Conquerors

    How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire

    by Roger Crowley ...
    In Conquerors, New York Times bestselling author Roger Crowley gives us the epic story of the emergence of Portugal, a small, poor nation that enjoyed a century of maritime supremacy thanks to the daring and navigational skill of its explorers—a tactical advantage no other country could match. Portugal’s discovery of a sea route to India, campaign of imperial conquest over Muslim rulers, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Holy War

    How Vasco da Gama's Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations

    by Nigel Cliff ...
    A radical reinterpretation of da Gama's pioneering voyages, revealing their role as a decisive turning point in the struggle between Christianity & Islam.In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies and, with it, access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage known in history. The ... Read more

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  • The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus

    by Christopher Columbus ...
    Translated by J. Cohen ...
    No gamble in history has been more momentous than the landfall of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria in the Americas in 1492 - an event that paved the way for the conquest of a 'New World'. The accounts collected here provide a vivid narrative of his voyages throughout the Caribbean and finally to the mainland of Central America, although he still believed he had reached Asia. Columbus himself is ... Read more

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  • Who Was Christopher Columbus?

    by Bonnie Bader, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Nancy Harrison ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Learn all about 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. Kids will read about why he called himself the "Great Admirald of the Seas" and learn of all his struggles to find finacial support for his voyage. ... Read more

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  • The Incredible Voyage

    by Tristan Jones ...
    A Welshman's witty and gritty sailing adventure memoir with "the bite of fine sea salt and a whiplike delivery" ( Kirkus Reviews).Follow the supreme adventurer, Tristan Jones, as he takes a solitary and intrepid six-year voyage on his small craft, The Sea Dart. Covering a distance twice the circumference of the globe, from the lowest body of water in the world—the Dead Sea—to the highest—Lake ... Read more

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