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★Each title features a stunning visual sequence in which the same viewpoint is held over time—sometimes minutes or hours, sometimes thousands of years—while the events unfold dramatically before our eyes.History is brought to life as never before. You can follow the story of a castle, the life of a dinosaur, a famous volcanic eruption, the events during an earthquake — and more.

In 1492, Christopher Columbus, in the service of Spain, landed in the Americas. Spain claimed much of Central and South America as its own. This area, and eventually the whole of the Caribbean Sea and its islands, became known as the Spanish Main. Over hundreds of years, vast quantities of gold and silver plundered from these conquered lands were shipped back to Spain in large treasure ships, called galleons. But the sea journey was threatened by pirates ...

12 titles in this series: The Story of a Castle; The Story of a City; The Story of Transport; The Story of the Lost City of the Maya; The Story of an Earthquake; The Story of the First Humans; The Story of a Pyramid; The Story of Pompeii; The Story of a Dinosaur; The Story of a Galleon; The Story of a Space Mission; The Story of the Wild West