Download or read book Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the Americas, Explorers of New Lands written by Tim McNeese and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Columbus left Spain in 1492 thinking that he could reach China by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean. When he reached land after five weeks, he thought he had discovered a new route to the East Indies. It was not until much later that people realized