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Columbus [DVD] (2008). Directed by Anna Thomson. : the lost voyage

By Fedoro, Olegar, 1958- Martin, Alvaro Herrmann, Edward, 1943-
[2008]., A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video Call No: DVD 910.9 C726h Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The true story of Christopher Columbus was not only one of victorious discovery, it was marked by disaster, accusation, and betrayal. Ten short years after his discovery of the New World, Columbus languished in a Caribbean prison. There, awaiting the gallows, he plotted what he called his 'most treacherous' voyage -- one that ended with the loss of all four of his ships and left Columbus and his crew shipwrecked with little hope of survival.

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The race to the New World : Christopher Columbus, John Cabot and a lost history of discovery

By Hunter, Doug, 1959-
c2012., Adult, D&M Publishers Call No: 970.15 H945r Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The compelling tale of a rivalry that drove two unlikely explorers to the edge of a new world, informed by groundbreaking new research and superior narrative power. The final decade of the 15th century was pivotal in world history. The Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus sailed westward into the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, determined to secure for Spain a more direct route to the riches of the Indies. But as Columbus struggled to capitalize on his momentous discovery of distant landfalls, a troubled Venetian bridge contractor in Spain, on the lam from creditors and remembered as John Cabot, audaciously reinvented himself as an explorer and mounted a rival quest for England. In The Race to the New World, critically acclaimed author Douglas Hunter details the high-stakes race that threatened the precarious power balance of Europe and led both men to the shores of a new world that neither was looking for. With the use of fresh historical evidence, Hunter tells an untold story of the parallel journeys of Columbus and Cabot - two explorers whose interconnected lives are only fully understood together."--Provided by publisher.