Conrad, Pam

PEDRO'S JOURNAL A voyage with Christopher Columbus, August 3, 1492 - February 14, 1493. Written as a diary by the ship's boy, this story presents a personal view of Columbus' first trip across the Atlantic and of his discovery of America.

1991

80 p.

Foreman, Michael

THE BOY WHO SAILED WITH COLUMBUS Leif, a 12-year-old orphan whose Viking father was lost at sea has been taken in by the monks at La Rabida monastery on the southwest coast of Spain. He becomes enthralled with Christopher Columbus and his son and sails to Japan, China and India with them as ship's boy. One night Leif falls asleep at the tiller and allows the ship to crash. As punishment he is left as part of the first settlement at Navidad and so beings his second life.

1991

71 p.

Hunt, Jonathan

LEIF'S SAGA A Viking boatbuilder tells his daughter the story of Leif Ericson's voyage to and the discovery of North America.

1996

unpaged

Van Leeuwen, Jean

ACROSS THE WIDE DARK SEA A boy and his family endure a difficult nine-week journey across the ocean and survive the first winter at Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts.

1995

unpaged

Yolen, Jane

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

1996

unpaged