For younger students, a brief history of Christopher Columbus's voyage to America that also features a printable word search and crossword puzzle.

Christopher Columbus (between August 25 and October 31, 1451 - May 20, 1506) was a Genoese navigator, colonizer and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean-funded by Queen Isabella of Spain-led to general European awareness of...

(1451-1506) Famous for his voyage to the New World in 1492.

An Italian explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean led to general European awareness of the American continents.

Juan Ponce de Leon (1474 - July 1521) was a Spanish conquistador. He accompanied Christopher Columbus on the latter's second voyage to the New World.