From Family First:
"This is a web page that can only be described as everything you want to know about Columbus, and then some. There are very detailed descriptions of all of his voyages to the New World, with emphasis on the first one. An in-depth discussion about just where he first made landfall is included, one of the best debates on that subject I have ever seen. Other topics, such as celestial navigation, ship's longitude (a major problem in those days), and leagues (not NFL or NBA) are included as excellent background information.
"The controversy surrounding Columbus is well documented, and open to great debate. This site is one that avoids that debate, and deals with the actual voyages, and the results of them, which is the opening of the New World for exploration and discovery."
From Lisa Napoli at The New York Times:
"Since he began it in 1997, Mr. Pickering has amassed more material than any student could ever need . . ."
From Jack Lagan, author of The Barefoot Navigator:
"If Keith Pickering's introduction to this interesting page [on Columbus and Celestial Navigation] doesn't get your heart beating, nothing will."
From C.L. Williams at Georgia Tech:
"Unlike many other web sites which are very limited in quality information, this particular address contains links to over a dozen sites covering many aspects of the Spanish explorer's life, voyages, ships,and crew."
From Prof. Luis Figueroa's students at Trinity College:
"Very interesting and creative site"
From Educational Software Affiliates:
"There are numerous links and a nice annotated bibliography. A good site to launch a paper on the captain-general."
From the Mountain View High School Modern European History Advanced Placement Page:
"This is a wonderful web site filled with information on Columbus!"
From the UNC School of Education:
"This is a great site for teachers looking for further information or students writing a paper but not quite appropriate for younger students as it is mostly textual in format with high level language."
From Nancy B. Mautz:
"great site....read the evidence from voyage log, view maps, read various theories and eventually make your guess. Then go to the scoreboard and see how you did."
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