Release Date:October 29, 2004 Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Gain a greater historical understanding of the world in 1492
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Join Columbus as he sailed the Atlantic Ocean
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Learn what Europeans knew of world geography before his voyage
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Discoveries made by Alexander the Great and ancient explorers
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Informative CD-ROM teaches history in a new and exciting way
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Product Description
Discover interesting facts about ChristopherColumbus!
Discover how the world changed in 1492 when Columbus sailed across the unchartedwaters of the Atlantic Ocean in search of a western passage to the Indies.
This informative CD-ROM explains what Europeans knew of world geography beforehis voyage to the New World, beginning with the discoveries made by Alexanderthe Great and ancient explorers.
[Click on picture to view a larger image]
Enlarge many of the over 620 images to full screen; print or save to clipboard
Access over 85 interactive questions, with explanations, and automatic quizzes
Link to the American Concise Encyclopedia with over 15,000 entries
Play feature presentation of over 60 minutes of self-running multimedia content.
Browse indexes to locate information by subject and other relevant categories.
Access The Merriam-Webster Dictionary with over 70,000 definitions
Listen to the narrated feature presentations
Click highlighted words to link to supplemental reference materials
Look up key words in the customized electronic glossary
