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Author : John Jay Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Stories of Great Explorers Through North America, South America and Africa written by John Jay Jones and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Goodwin
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061981656
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)
Download or read book Crossing the Continent 1527–1540 written by Robert Goodwin and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...an adventure story more thrilling than Defoe or Melville could have imagined."--The Philadelphia Inquirer The true story of America's first great explorer and adventurer—an African slave named Esteban Dorantes Crossing the Continent takes us on an epic journey from Africa to Europe and America as Dr. Robert Goodwin chronicles the incredible adventures of the African slave Esteban Dorantes (1500-1539), the first pioneer from the Old World to explore the entirety of the American south and the first African-born man to die in North America about whom anything is known. Goodwin's groundbreaking research in Spanish archives has led to a radical new interpretation of American history—one in which an African slave emerges as the nation's first great explorer and adventurer. Nearly three centuries before Lewis and Clark's epic trek to the Pacific coast, Esteban and three Spanish noblemen survived shipwreck, famine, disease, and Native American hostility to make the first crossing of North America in recorded history. Drawing on contemporary accounts and long-lost records, Goodwin recounts the extraordinary story of Esteban's sixteenth-century odyssey, which began in Florida and wound through what is now Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, as far as the Gulf of California. Born in Africa and captured at a young age by slave traders, Esteban was serving his owner, a Spanish captain, when their disastrous sea voyage to the New World nearly claimed his life. Eventually he emerged as the leader of the few survivors of this expedition, guiding them on an extraordinary eight-year march westward to safety. Filled with tales of physical endurance, natural calamities, geographical wonders, strange discoveries, and Esteban's almost mystical dealings with Native Americans, Crossing the Continent challenges the traditional telling of our nation's early history, placing an African and his relationship with the Indians he encountered at the heart of a new historical record.
Author : Margo McLoone
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9781560655077
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Women Explorers in North and South America written by Margo McLoone and published by Capstone. This book was released on 1997 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summarizes the lives and accomplishments of five women who were explorers in North and South America.
Author : Michael Burgan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1515718808
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (157 download)
Download or read book The Story of North America's First Explorers written by Michael Burgan and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For some early explorers, the trip to the New World wasn't their first adventure. Readers will be fascinated by these daring men and what drove them to discover new lands. Each has an amazing and unique story.
Author : Marty Gitlin
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1477788085
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (777 download)
Download or read book Giovanni da Verrazzano written by Marty Gitlin and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The well-educated son of an Italian family, Verrazzano settled in Dieppe, France, as a young man. This explains why his historic explorations of the coast of eastern North America were undertaken in the name of the French king. During his 1524 journey, Verrazzano recorded a detailed account of the places he visited, one that would prove a key source of information about North America. Readers will also learn about Verrazzano's later journey to Brazil and his final journey, in 1528, which ended tragically when he was killed and eaten by cannibals in the Caribbean.
Author : Susanna Keller
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica
ISBN 13 : 1508100322
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)
Download or read book The Age of Exploration written by Susanna Keller and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the European discovery of North America does not end within fact it does not really even begin withChristopher Columbus. This engaging title tells the story of the explorers who became the first Europeans to visit the lands that would later become the United States of America. Readers will learn about the Spanish explorers of the Southwest and the Gulf Coast, the English and Dutch explorers of the Atlantic Coast, and the French explorers of the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River. Theyll discover what the goals and motivations behind each expedition were, which native people the explorers encountered, and what sorts of obstacles had to be overcome for each expedition to succeed. A fascinating account of a formational period in American history.
Author : Margo McLoone
Publisher : Children's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780516204994
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Women Explorers in North America and South America written by Margo McLoone and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each book in this unique series takes readers on a journey through the lives and discoveries of five women explorers. Dynamic and inspirational, these books detail real-life adventures, such as fending off crocodiles in the African jungle and trekking across the frozen plains of Siberia.
Author : Christine Taylor-Butler
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
ISBN 13 : 9780531126325
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (263 download)
Download or read book Explorers of North America written by Christine Taylor-Butler and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.A True Book -- American History: How do you wrap a 450,000-pound gift? What is the world's oldest and shortest written consitution? Find out in this patriotic celebration of things uniquely American.
Author : John Bartlet Brebner
Publisher : Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Explorers of North America, 1492-1806 written by John Bartlet Brebner and published by Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday. This book was released on 1955 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exploration of American, from Columbus to Lewis and Clark, is one of the great adventures in human history, not only for the legendary heroism and determination of the men who undertook it, but for their still larger enterprise in planting in this wild, new world the seeds of civilization. Professor Brebner, in this classic account - by far the best written of the opening of the new hemisphere - considers both of these aspects. Basing his research on the diaries, records, and journals of the explorers themselves, he note only traces their progress but reveals them as human beings against a huge panorama in the Spaniards - Ponce de Leon, Cortés, Coronado, de Soto - push forward from the South; the French - Cartier, Champlain, Jolliet, Marquette - move down from the North: British and Americans set out westward from the Atlantic; and the Russians come down from Alaska. Brebner tells of the conditions of travel in the wilderness, of the aims of the early explorers, of the Indians in their primitive state, and of the way in which the North American continent was crossed and recrossed and finally unveiled within three hundred years by intrepid men -- Back cover.
Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0195042220
Total Pages : 779 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The Great Explorers written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 779 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This abridgement of the late Samuel Eliot Morison's magnum opus, The European Discovery of America, which the Journal of Southern History called "an epic work of true grandeur," and the Virginia Quarterly Review considered "a great book by a great historian," preserves the originality, scholarship, and vivid descriptions of the original volumes.
Author : Joseph Banvard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book First Explorers of North America written by Joseph Banvard and published by . This book was released on 1800 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Buckley, Jr.
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465475117
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)
Download or read book DK Readers L2: Great Explorers written by James Buckley, Jr. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the stories of explorers—the most ancient to the modern day—from the deepest depths of the ocean to the highest mountains in the world. In this book you'll find true stories about Marco Polo's Silk Road, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's conquest of Everest, and Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong's trip to the moon, and much more. Learn all about the explorers who discovered the unknown and made the world the place we know today. Perfect for 5- to 7-year-olds beginning to read fluently with support, Level 2 titles contain carefully selected photographic images to complement the text, providing strong visual clues to build vocabulary and confidence. Additional information spreads are full of extra fun facts, developing the topics through a range of nonfiction presentation styles such as diagrams and activities. Series Overview: Trusted by parents, teachers, and librarians, and loved by kids, DK's leveled reading series is now revised and updated. With new jackets and brand-new nonfiction narrative content on the topics kids love, each book is written and reviewed by literacy experts and contains a glossary and index, making them the perfect choice for helping develop strong reading habits for kids ages 3–11.
Author : James Buckley, Jr.
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465475125
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)
Download or read book DK Readers L2: Great Explorers written by James Buckley, Jr. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the stories of explorers—the most ancient to the modern day—from the deepest depths of the ocean to the highest mountains in the world. In this book you'll find true stories about Marco Polo's Silk Road, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's conquest of Everest, and Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong's trip to the moon, and much more. Learn all about the explorers who discovered the unknown and made the world the place we know today. Perfect for 5- to 7-year-olds beginning to read fluently with support, Level 2 titles contain carefully selected photographic images to complement the text, providing strong visual clues to build vocabulary and confidence. Additional information spreads are full of extra fun facts, developing the topics through a range of nonfiction presentation styles such as diagrams and activities. Series Overview: Trusted by parents, teachers, and librarians, and loved by kids, DK's leveled reading series is now revised and updated. With new jackets and brand-new nonfiction narrative content on the topics kids love, each book is written and reviewed by literacy experts and contains a glossary and index, making them the perfect choice for helping develop strong reading habits for kids ages 3–11.
Author : Philip J. Potter
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526720558
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Explorers and Their Quest for North America written by Philip J. Potter and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 11 October 1492 the sun set on a clear Atlantic Ocean horizon and the night was cloudless with a late rising moon. As the lookouts high in the riggings of Christopher Columbus three ships strained their eyes into the golden light of the moon, near two oclock in the morning the watchman on the Pinta shouted out, Land, land igniting the era of exploration to the New World. The Age of Discovery became an epic adventure sweeping across the continent of North America, as the trailblazers dared to challenge the unknown wilderness to advance mankinds knowledge of the world.Explorers Discovering North America traces the history of the discovery, exploration and settlement of the western hemisphere through the comprehensive biographies of fourteen explorers, who had the courage and inquisitiveness to search the limits of the world.The book features many famous adventurers including Hernan Cortes whose victorious battles against the Aztecs conquered Mexico for Spain, Henry Hudsons sea voyages in search of the Northwest Passage led to the colonization of New York and exploration of the Hudson Bay in Canada, while Meriwether Lewis journey across the Louisiana Purchase began the mass migration of settlers to western America. Among the lesser known explorers discussed in the work are Vitus Bering whose discovery of Alaska established Russias claim to the region and Alexander Mackenzies 107-day trek across western Canada that opened the frontier to settlement, commerce and development of its natural resources.From Columbus to Lewis the exploration of the New World became one of humankinds greatest quests that altered history forever.
Author : Charles Haven Ladd Johnston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330525791
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (257 download)
Download or read book Famous Discoverers and Explorers of America written by Charles Haven Ladd Johnston and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Famous Discoverers and Explorers of America: Their Voyages, Battles, and Hardships in Traversing and Conquering the Unknown Territories of a New World My Dear Boys: It has seemed fitting to include in the Famous Leaders Series this volume upon the discoverers and explorers, not only of North America, but also of Central and South America. It has been impossible to include them all in a volume of this character; but I have selected the most important, and have omitted such men as Sebastian Cabot, Jacques Cartier, Sir Francis Drake, Baffin, Verendrye, Robert Gray, Lewis and Clark, Pike, Franklin, Fremont, and many others. This is no new subject. The lives and histories of these discoverers have been written by many another; but I have endeavored to bring before you a series of pictures of some of the most noted of these men of daring and grim determination, and, if I have succeeded in painting the canvas with colors which are agreeable, then, my dear boys, I shall feel that the moments occupied in the preparation of these pages have been well spent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Author : Michael Golay
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0470313307
Total Pages : 837 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (73 download)
Download or read book North American Exploration written by Michael Golay and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-04-21 with total page 837 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, highly readable reference This is an authoritative, one-stop resource for essential information on the exploration of North America, from alleged pre-Columbian explorers to polar expeditions in the twentieth century. Completely up-to-date in content and historical approach, the book is divided into seven sections, each covering a major area of exploration. Vivid, narrative entries bring to life early expeditions (e.g., African and Scandinavian voyages, real and apocryphal), voyages of European explorers, Western expeditions, and explorations of the Arctic. From the Atlantic seaboard to the Appalachians to the Mississippi to the northernmost regions, readers will discover the Native nations, geographical features, private and governmental institutions, and settlements that played a role in the history of exploring the continent. Maps, photos, and sidebars with lively first-person accounts from contemporary diaries, reports, and news accounts round out this thorough examination of the numerous adventures taken around the continent. Michael Golay has published five books on American history, including most recently The Ruined Land. He lives in Exeter, New Hampshire. John Bowman is the Editor of the Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography and numerous other reference works. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Author : Nellie Huang
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465493808
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)
Download or read book Explorers written by Nellie Huang and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Live and see the world through the eyes of 50 of the world's greatest explorers and their trusty companions! This book for kids is brimming with first-person accounts of gripping adventures in explorers' own words. Find exciting tales complemented by rare maps, specially commissioned photographs, and artworks that re-create history's greatest expeditions. Get ready to take a leap into the unknown… An adventure book that will surely rival even the most thrilling adventure movies! You'll meet some of the most famous explorers and adventurers of all time in this exciting non-fiction storybook for children. Great explorers have one thing in common - a desire to leap into the unknown, no matter the dangers it presents. This book will take you through Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation of the world 500 years ago to Barbara Hillary's treks to the North and South poles while in her seventies, and beyond. This knowledge book documents the stories of men and women who rewrote our understanding of the world and inspired us by pushing the boundaries of human capability. A kid's educational book that looks at the towering achievements of more than 50 explorers from all walks of life in great detail. See sensational cross-sections revealing the amazing detail inside Spanish galleons, lost cities, and spaceships. Magnificent photographs highlight the artifacts and relics they found along the way, while hand-drawn maps reveal their intrepid journeys in such detail, you feel as though you could be walking in their very footsteps. It is a glorious introduction to history's most famous trailblazers - people whose courage opened frontiers turned voids into maps, forged nations, connected cultures, and added to humankind's knowledge of the world by leaps and bounds. Packed with jaw-dropping fun facts about the world and written so beautifully it will get your heart racing. Explorers is the perfect kid's book for any young mind with an avid sense of adventure! Explore Unknown Waters – Take To The Skies – Investigate Our Planet! For centuries, explorers have been unable to resist the secrets of the sea. We have looked toward the skies and stars since the beginning of time. Through dense jungles, dry desserts, and frozen mountains we have pushed the very limits of human endurance in the name of exploration and adventure! These tales are not for the faint of heart - these adventurers faced challenges that threatened their very survival! Their courage has allowed us to collect a wealth of knowledge about our awe-inspiring universe. Set sail to faraway frozen lands, defy gravity and take to the skies, and investigate our planet through the stories of those who came before us. Happy exploring! Learn about the explorers who defied the so-called possibilities of their time in: - Sea & Ice - Air & Space - And Land
