TY - MANSCPT AU - Gallagher,Carole TI - Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the New World SN - 0-7910-5509-4 PY - 2002/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Chelsea House Publishers KW - Columbus, Christopher KW - Explorers KW - America - Discovery and exploration - Spanish KW - Explorers of New Worlds N1 - 5 - 9 N2 - When Columbus left Spain with three ships in 1492, he thought that by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean he could reach China. When his ships reached land after five weeks at sea, the sailor was convinced he had discovered a new route. It was not until much later that people realized he had found the New World ER -