"Ponce de León was trained as a warrior and public servant. De León sailed on the second voyage of Christopher Columbus and with his family, settled on Hispaniola."
"In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." And his arrival in the West Indies led to enduring links between Europe and the Americas. In the early years of our nation's history, Christopher Columbus was raised to hero status by w
This BBC Famous People site is one of my picks for lower elementary grades.
In Columbus' day, sailors navigated by dead reckoning: calculating their position by measuring the course and distance sailed from some known point.
Got elementary school kids? Then Enchanted Learning is your second must-see site for Columbus Day surfing.
In 1484, Columbus attempted to convince King John II of Portugal to sponsor his voyage west across the Atlantic.
