Article: Who was Christopher Columbus?(Skill: Reading Comprehension)

Article: Pages from the Textbook of Alternate History: Columbus ...
Iowa Review;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... early exploration of Asia suggest that its principal ... discoverer, Christopher Columbus, had secretly imagined ... of paradise, even. Columbus was chagrined by the ... relative banality of Asia. But there would be ... reaching its limit. Columbus was not alone. Adventurous ...

Article: Historian makes waves with `China beat Columbus' claim. ...
Vietnam Investment Review;  March 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... AMATEUR British historian who has made headlines by contending that the Chinese reached America 70 years before Christopher Columbus has presented new evidence to support his theory. If proven true, Gavin Menzies' contentions could prompt a rewriting of ...

Article: Columbus McKinnon Names Eric Woon Managing Director - ...
Business Wire;  November 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... as Managing Director - Asia Pacific for Columbus McKinnon. He will also serve as Vice President Columbus McKinnon Asia Pacific Limited, located ... President and CEO of Columbus McKinnon, commented, "The Asia Pacific region presents ...

Article: Columbus McKinnon Names Robert Clare to Serve as Managing ...
PR Newswire;  February 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Columbus McKinnon Corporation ... of Managing Director - Asia Pacific. For the past ... oversaw the integration of Columbus McKinnon products and ... Clare will serve on Columbus McKinnon's Executive ... manufacturing operations in Asia Pacific and growing its ...

Article: Bytewise Measurement Systems of Columbus, GA announced the ...
Rubber World;  January 1, 1997 ;     565 words ...Bytewise Measurement Systems of Columbus, GA announced the appointment of Han Mah ... of Seoul, Korea as its sales agent for Asia and Australia. Han Mah Industrial will ... tire and automotive industries throughout Asia and Australia.

Article: Columbus, Christopher
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences;      700+ words ... ... Portuguese court. Columbus proposed that only ... separated Europe and Asia, a distance that ... conjectured that Columbus and his crew would starve before reaching Asia, and they likely ... Rather than adopting Columbus ’ s westward ... banked on reaching Asia by voyaging around ...

Article: Growth of an Idea: Columbus and the Enterprise of the ...
American Eras;      700+ words ... ... during this time that Columbus gradually came to ... possibility of sailing to Asia by going west across ... the ports of East Asia. Columbus was particularly fascinated ... the formulation of Columbus ’ s plan to reach Asia by sailing west ...