These are some of the websites about Columbus that we have selected for you.

Favorite Sites
http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/
The Columbus website

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/columbusday.html
Links to simple pages about Columbus

http://caribbean-connection.com/christopher-columbus/index.html
Information about the early life of Columbus

http://kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ce6/people/A0857463.html
Encyclopedia site about the early years of Columbus

http://kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ce6/people/A0857464.html
Encyclopedia site about the voyages of Columbus

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/colum.htm
The exact words that the king and queen of Spain said to Columbus

http://www.sunniebunniezz.com/holiday/columbus.htm
Columbus's reasons for going on this trip

http://www.jeannepasero.com/coltimeline.html
A timeline of the life and voyages of Columbus

http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/cctl.htm
Another timeline

http://www.jeannepasero.com/voyages.html
Overview of the landing of Columbus

http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/crew.htm
List of the crew of the three ships

http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/v1.htm
A summary of Columbus's first trip

http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/ships.htm
Information about the ships

http://www.castellobanfi.com/features/story_3.html
A site that shows what the sailors ate and drank on board

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml
General information about Columbus

http://www.educationplanet.com/articles/columbusday.html
Many links to other pages about Columbus

http://muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/LAUFER02.ART
Myths and facts about Columbus

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Mark_Gist/Homepage.htm
Information about the ships


Of course you can also look for your own websites about Columbus if you want to. Here are some search engines to help you get started. Make sure you only use sites in English!

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