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Famous discoverers and explorers of America

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Brief biographies concentrating on the major discoveries of sixteen explorers including Leif Ericson, Hernando Cortés, Giovanni Verrazano, Father Marquette, and Robert Peary.

כותר Famous discoverers and explorers of America / Charles H.L. Johnston.
מוציא לאור New York : Snova
שנה [2018]
הערת תוכן ותקציר Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface* -- The Voice -- Chapter 1 -- Leif Ericson -- The First European to Explore, and Settle in, America -- Vinland -- Chapter 2 -- Christopher Columbus -- Re-Discoverer of America, Who Gave a New Continent to the World, (1436-1506) -- The Song of the Islander -- Chapter 3 -- Amerigo Vespucci -- Florentine Navigator from Whom America Has Derived Its Name, (1452-1512) -- Chapter 4 -- Juan Ponce de Leon -- Dreamer and Searcher for the Fountain of Perpetual Youth, (1460-1521) -- Chapter 5 -- Vasco Nuñez de Balboa -- Discoverer of the Pacific Ocean, (1475-1517) -- Chapter 6 -- Hernando Cortés -- Conqueror of Mexico, (1485-1547) -- Chapter 7 -- Ferdinand Magellan -- Expert Mariner, Whose Followers Were the First to Circumnavigate the Globe, (1480-1521) -- Chapter 8 -- Giovanni Verrazano -- First Navigator to Explore the Coast of New Jersey and New York, (1480-1527) -- Chapter 9 -- Francisco Pizarro -- Conqueror of Peru, (1475-1538) -- Chapter 10 -- Hernando de Soto -- Discoverer of the Mississippi River, (1496-1542) -- Chapter 11 -- Samuel de Champlain -- Explorer of the Canadian Wilderness, (1567-1635) -- The Song of Champlain -- Chapter 12 -- Henry Hudson -- Discoverer of Hudson Bay and Explorer of the Magnificent River Which Bears His Name, (15??-1611) -- The Wind from the Northland -- Chapter 13 -- Pierre-Esprit Radisson -- First Explorer of the West and Northwest, (1651-1710) -- Chapter 14 -- Father Marquette -- True Man of God, and Explorer of the Mighty Mississippi, (1637-1675) -- The Burial of Good Father Marquette. -- Chapter 15 -- Robert de La Salle -- French Adventurer, and Explorer of the Valley of the Mississippi, (1643-1687) -- A Song of the Mississippi -- Chapter 16 -- Robert Edwin Peary -- Discoverer of the North Pole, (1856-) -- The Misty Maid -- Epilogue -- Index -- Blank Page.
סדרה Historical Figures
היקף החומר 1 online resource (322 pages).
שפה אנגלית
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מספר מערכת 997010705278505171
תצוגת MARC

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