Christopher Columbus

"Christopher Columbus" by Mildred Stapley Byne is a story from long ago focused on the life of Christopher Columbus, especially his famous trip across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, and it shows how the country of Spain felt at that time. The story starts by talking about Spain winning a war in a place called Granada. While everyone is celebrating, Columbus is thinking about his big dream: sailing west to find new lands. The book tells about Columbus talking to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, and how he finally gets them to believe in his plan to find a better route to other places. The beginning of the story paints Columbus as someone who really wants to explore and believes there's a whole world out there waiting to be discovered.