Author: Shirley Jordan Publisher: Cover-To-Cover Books ISBN: 9780780792692 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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What motivated men to risk their lives sailing to and exploring unknown lands in the New World? Was it the quest for fame, wealth, or new trade routes? Explorers to the New World: Moments in History explains why many men came, what they accomplished, and why we remember them. Book jacket.
Author: Carole S. Gallagher Publisher: Chelsea House ISBN: 9780791055090 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 63
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A biography of the Italian explorer who, in the fifteenth century, became the first European to discover the West Indies islands, located below the southernmost tip of the United States, in three historic voyages sponsored by Spain's monarchy.
Author: DK Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0756675111 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 362
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From the first people to leave Africa to the first to leave the planet, the urge to explore the unknown has driven human progress. Explorers tells the story of humanity's explorations, taking the reader into the lives of some of the most intrepid people ever known. Throughout history, exploration has arisen from a wide range of impulses, from trade and the search for lands to colonize, to scientific curiosity and missionary zeal. This book tells the story of explorers of every type, from those chasing glory to those seeking enlightenment. In its pages, readers will meet some of history's most famous trail blazers-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. Each life is captured in context, by considering the knowledge of the world in which the explorers lived, the factors that gave rise to their expeditions, and the technology available to them at the time. Their discoveries, and the consequences, are also considered in depth, and highlighted with beautiful maps, photographs, and illustrations. The tales of the explorers' assistants and companions are woven into the overall story, along with an examination of the qualities that made the them drop everything in pursuit of discovery.
Author: Diane Sansevere-Dreher Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780812520385 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 150
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Examines the adventures of such early explorers of America as Columbus, Dias, and Cabot. Includes information on the events, society, and superstitions of the times.
Author: Kenneth Pletcher Senior Editor, Geography and History Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc ISBN: 1615300287 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 351
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Chronicles the history of human exploration, from the Silk Road travels and early exploration of the Atlantic Coastline to the age of discovery, the colonial exploration eras, and modern expeditions to the North and South Poles.
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Author: Diane Sansevere-Dreher
Author: Kenneth Pletcher Senior Editor, Geography and History
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