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by Petra Newman
Created on: December 31, 2008 Last Updated: July 03, 2010
A shroud of mystery and controversy continue to swirl around Christopher Columbus. Why all the secrecy,
Created on: October 07, 2008 Last Updated: August 18, 2010
Cristobal Colon, better known to modern Western Society as Christopher Columbus, died a relatively rich
Created on: May 15, 2009 Last Updated: July 23, 2011
The Real Christopher Columbus
Every year on the second Monday in October, millions of people gather
Created on: October 07, 2008
American history has always been vaguely misinterpreted through our children's textbooks. It is noted
Created on: October 07, 2008 Last Updated: February 27, 2011
Christopher Columbus was an Italian sailor born in Genoa, whose voyages of the Caribbean have aroused
Created on: October 12, 2008 Last Updated: October 13, 2008
Christopher Columbus is famous as the discoverer of America. In the year 1492. he sailed from Spain
Created on: September 18, 2009 Last Updated: September 19, 2009
Sitting around a ravaged stuffed-crust pizza the other day, discussing politics with friends, someone
Created on: October 04, 2008 Last Updated: February 01, 2009
In the United States of America, Christopher Columbus has a dual persona. On one hand, every October,
Created on: September 13, 2009
The Last Voyage of Columbus by Martin Dugard illustrates Columbus as an intensely passionate explorer
by Sara Mcgrath
Created on: October 04, 2008
What kind of man was Christopher Columbus and what really happened when he arrived in the Americas?
Created on: October 01, 2008 Last Updated: August 07, 2011
On Monday, October 13th, historically conscious Americans will have celebrated the national holiday
Created on: March 28, 2008 Last Updated: July 02, 2010
By now, it seems we all have heard the stories. Leif Erickson, a Viking, discovered" America about five
Created on: December 03, 2008 Last Updated: April 30, 2010
Revered by some, reviled by others, Christopher Columbus is often misunderstood.
Many of the basic facts
by Ray Fauteux
Created on: October 07, 2008 Last Updated: December 31, 2008
It seems that there was much more to Columbus that we were led to believe in those high school history
by Colin Morley
Created on: October 04, 2008 Last Updated: January 11, 2010
October 12, Columbus Day, is a national holiday in the United States and throughout South America, celebrating
Created on: October 11, 2007
For hundreds of years, Christopher Columbus has had a special place in the history of the New World.
by Danny Ritzer
Created on: July 10, 2008
In 1451, Christopher Columbus was born into a changing world. Throughout Western Europe during the mid
Created on: October 03, 2008
Columbus did not discover a new world. There were already cultures there, as everyone now knows. The
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