Annotated Bibliography

VOYAGE TO AMERICA
Primary Sources
Columbus, Christopher. Christopher Columbus's Book of Prophecies. Barcelona:
Libros CLIE, 1991. Print.
We used information from a book that Christopher Columbus has
written so we could understand and connect with him better.

Cavendish, Richard. "Death of Christopher Columbus." Death of Christopher

Columbus. Web. 15 Oct. 2015.
We used the article to discover research about the death of Christopher
Columbus. The information that was used was how he died, how long he suffered,
when and where along with the picture that was used on one of our pages entitled
"Conclusion".
Columbus, Christopher. "Excerpts from Columbus's Journal." The HispanicAmerican Experience. Woodbridge, CT: Primary Source Media, 1999.
American Journey. Student Resources in Context. Web. 30 Sept. 2015.
We used this to learn about the first-hand accounts of the journal writings
that Columbus wrote.
Columbus, Christopher. "Excerpt from The Four Voyages of Columbus." The
Hispanic-American Experience. Woodbridge, CT: Primary Source Media,
1999. American Journey. Student Resources in Context. Document. 16 Oct.
2015.

"Christopher Columbus." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 13

Dec. 2015.
This is one of our websites we used for background information on the early
life and childhood of Christopher Columbus. We also used some of the information
we found about his voyages.
"Christopher Columbus." Infoplease. Infoplease, 2012. Web. 10 Dec. 2015.
We gathered information from here to learn more about the early life of
Christopher Columbus that wasn't found in other places.
Columbus, Christopher. "The Barcelona Letter." The Hispanic-American
Experience. Woodbridge, CT: Primary Source Media, 1999. American
Journey. Student Resources in Context. Web. 30 Sept. 2015.
This taught us more about the Barcelona Letter and the discoveries
Columbus made on his first voyage across the Atlantic.
Columbus, Christopher. "The Journal of Christopher Columbus." The Native
American Experience. Woodbridge, CT: Primary Source Media, 1999.
American Journey. Student Resources in Context. Journal. 16 Oct. 2015.
We did research on the Journal and read a few pages of what Columbus
wrote. It helped us understand what he went through on his voyages and the
difficulties he encountered.
"Discovery of the New World, March 14, 1493." Discovering U.S. History.
Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resources in Context. Web. 30 Sept. 2015.
The information we used from here was about all of the voyages that
Christopher Columbus sailed on and what him and his crew members experienced
while on them.

Minster, Christopher. "What Do You Know About Christopher

Columbus?" About.com Education. Web. 16 Dec. 2015.
We used this source to learn about the later life of Columbus and what
happened after he came home from his voyages.

Secondary Sources
Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Student Resources in Context. Biography. 16 Oct.
2015.
This biography helped us find research about Christopher Columbus and his
family.
"Christopher Columbus." Science and Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer.
Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Student Resources in Context. Biography. 17
Oct. 2015
The information we used from this biography was about the different
voyages Columbus went on and what he experienced along the way.
"Christopher Columbus." UXL Biographies. Detroit: UXL, 2003. Student
Resources in Context. Biography. 12 Oct. 2015.
We gathered information from here to find out where Columbus grew up.
"Columbus, Christopher." UXL Encyclopedia of U.S. History. Sonia Benson,
Daniel E. Brannen, Jr., and Rebecca Valentine. Vol. 2. Detroit: UXL, 2009.
359-364. Student Resources in Context. Biography. 17 Oct. 2015.
We used this encyclopedia that gave us research about the lifestyle and
hobbies of Christopher Columbus that we couldn't find anywhere else.

Gale, 2003. Student Resources in Context. Biography. 16 Oct. 2015

This biography was useful research that we used on Christopher Columbus
that had an abundance of information on his entire life.
Resources in Context. Biogrpahy. 16 Oct. 2015
This biography helped us find different information about Christopher
Columbus that included his personal life and his voyages.
Ransby, Barbara. "Columbus and the making of historical myth." Race and Class
33.3 (1992): 79t. Student Resources in Context. Journal Article. 18 Oct.
2015.
This journal article helped us understand if Columbus was the first human
to discover America or not and it explained how he changed America.
Koning, Hans. "The legacy of Columbus." Social Justice 19.2 (1992): 35t. Student
Resources in Context. Journal Article. 18 Oct. 2015.
This journal article explained how Columbus left his mark on the world
through his voyages.
"The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493." The
Wilson Quarterly 13.4 (1989): 109. Student Resources in Context. Journal
Article. 18 Oct. 2015.
This journal article explained the writings of one of Christopher Columbus's
diary's.