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Stunning photographs and detailed
artworks reveal Columbus’s
daring journeys and
his controversial exploits
in the New World.
Jacket images: Front: photo by lyndon
Douglas. back: peter Dennis (c) Dorling
Kindersley (tl), (tr), (c), (bl).
ISBN 0-7566-1965-3 printed in China
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CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS
EXPLORER OF THE
NEW WORLD
Portuguese
traders
importing
slaves from
Africa
The royal treasurer
begs Queen Isabella
of Spain to back
Columbus’s voyage.
The Pinta
Columbus
lands at
San Salvador.
Written by
PETER CHRISP
Illustrated by
PETER DENNIS
LONDON, NEW YORK, MUNICH,
MELBOURNE, and DELHI
Project Editor Steve Setford
Art Editor Peter Radcliffe
Senior Editor Marie Greenwood
Senior Art Editor Carole Oliver
Managing Art Editor Jacquie Gulliver
Publishing Manager Jayne Parsons THE AGE OF
US Editors Gary Werner and Margaret Parrish
DTP Designer Nomazwe Madonko EXPLORATION
Picture Researchers Amanda Russell, Pernilla Pearce,
and Marie Osborn
Jacket Designer Dean Price
Production Kate Oliver, Jenny Jacoby
Additional illustrations by David Ashby IN SEARCH OF THE INDIES
This edition published in the United States in 2006
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