Kelly K. Chaves and Oliver C. Walton, with Jay H. Buckley and Jeffery D. Nokes.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Santa Barbara, California :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
ABC-CLIO,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2019]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource.
SERIES
Series Title
Mapping the world through primary documents
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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John Cabot's expeditions, 1497-1499 -- Jacques Cartier's expeditions, 1534-1536 -- Hernando de Soto's expeditions, 1539-1543 -- Sir Walter Ralegh's Roanoke expeditions, 1584-1590 -- Samuel de Champlain explores Acadia, New France, and Northern New England, 1603-1635 -- George Waymouth explores the Northwest Passage (1602) and New England (1605) -- John Smith explores Virginia and New England and champions English Colonies, 1606-1631 -- Henry Hudson's expeditions to New Netherland (1609) and the Northwest Passage (1610) -- John Lawson in the Carolinas, 1700-1711 -- Joseph Frederick Wallet des Barres and the Atlantic Neptune, 1763-1784.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Focusing on ten key figures whose careers illuminate the history of the European exploration of North America, this book presents compelling first-person narratives that bring to life the challenges of historical scholarship in the academic classroom"--
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Explorers of the American east
International Standard Book Number
9781440839306
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Discovery and exploration, European.
HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY / North America.
Discovery and exploration, European.
HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY / North America
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
America, Discovery and exploration, European, Sources.