From Sea to Shining Sea Supplements: Chapter 1

Columbus Taking Possession of the New Country

Brendan the Navigator, the Vikings, and Prince Henry the Navigator

• Saint Brendan And The Voyage Before Columbus by Michael McGrew and Marnie Litz
• Brendan the Navigator by Jean Fritz
• The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings
• The Vikings by John D. Clare
• Beowulf the Warrior (Living History Library) by Ian Serraillier
• Beorn the Proud by Madeleine Polland
• The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow by Allen French
• Leif the Lucky by Ingri and Edgar P. D'Aulaire
• Viking Tales by Jennie Hall (Google Books)
• Saga of a Wineland Baby by Hauk Erlendsson c. 1000 AD, Colonial Children, Selections from Primary Source Accounts by Albert Hart (Google Books)
• The Legends of the Northmen, Young Folks Book of American Explorers, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (Google Books)
• Prince Henry the Navigator by C. Raymond Beazley (Especially chapters 12-14, 17, 18; Google Books)

Christopher Columbus

• Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus by Peter Sis
• Columbus by Edgar and Ingri D'Aulaire
• Christopher Columbus: Sailing To A New World (In the Footsteps of Explorers) by Adrianna Morganelli
• First Voyage to America: From the Log of the "Santa Maria" (Dover)
• Meet Christopher Columbus (Landmark Books) by James T. de Kay
• Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad
• Columbus and the New World (Vision Books) by August W. Derleth (OOP)
• The Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Landmark Books) by Armstrong Sperry (OOP)
• Throngs of Children to See Columbus (Journal Excerpt), Colonial Children, Selections from Primary Source Accounts by Albert Hart (Google Books)
• The First Explorations of Columbus (Journal Excerpt), Famous Explorers by Edwin Erle Sparks (Google Books)
• The Journal of Christopher Columbus (During His First Voygage 1492-93), Hakluyt Society (Google Books)
• The Story of Columbus by Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye (Google Books)
• Chapters 1-2 from The Evangelization of the New World
• DVD: Conquest of America, America Before Columbus, Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower

Amerigo Vespucci, Ponce de León, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Amerigo Vespucci, Discoverers and Explorers by Edward Richard Shaw (Google Books)
• Ponce de Leon, Discoverers and Explorers by Edward Richard Shaw (Google Books)
• Balboa, Discoverers and Explorers by Edward Richard Shaw (Google Books)
• The Name America (Vespucci) and How to Find An Ocean (Balboa), Colonial Children, Selections from Primary Source Accounts by Albert Hart (Google Books)

Coloring Pages:

• Leif Ericson Coloring Page
• Columbus Discovers America Coloring Page
• Ponce de Leon Coloring Page
• Balboa Coloring Page
• Myths and Legends of the Vikings (Bellerophon)
• Great Explorers Coloring Book (Bellerophon)
• Exploration of North America Coloring Book (Dover)