عنوان

Opening up North America, 1497-1800 /

(Number (ISBN

0816052611

(Number (ISBN

9780816052615

Number

b748963

Title Proper

Opening up North America, 1497-1800 /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Caroline Cox, Ken Albala.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Facts On File,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2005.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 196 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps ;

Dimensions

24 cm.

Series Title

Discovery & exploration

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Triumph and disappointment : 1789-1793 -- The race for spices and the land of codfish : 1497-1509 -- France and Spain along the Mid-Atlantic coast : 1504-1536 -- Jacques Cartier's voyages : 1534-1543 -- Spanish, French, and English failures : mid-16th century -- Europeans colonize and contest northeastern America : early 17th century -- The French lead the way : 1607-1635 -- Furs, friars, and French exploration : 1635-1673 -- La Salle's adventures and wartime misery : 1673-1715 -- Gaining knowledge-coming to blows : 1715-1756 -- Wartime and exploration : 1754-1783 -- In the footsteps of Mackenzie : 1783-1800 -- North America in 1800.

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Text of Note

Describes the history of voyages to the United States and Canada, including those of Alexander Mackenzie, John Cabot, Giovanni da Verrazano, Jacques Cartier, and David Thompson. Opens with Alexander MacKenzie's 1793 journey across North America to the Pacific Ocean and covers discovery and exploration in North America from 1497 through 1800. An examination of some of the earliest accounts of Egyptian and Mesopotamian explorations. An account of Dr. David Livingstone's search for the source of the Nile River in the jungles of central Africa in 1871. The exciting story of the ascent to the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. A description of the race to the North Pole and all that it entailed, including various explorers' theories on how to achieve this goal. The epic saga of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery and their journey across America. The dramatic story of the explosion that damaged Apollo 13 and the three-day struggle of the men inside, along with those in mission command on the ground, culminating in their safe return to Earth, and more. Each book's gripping narrative shares these events appeal with readers while firsthand accounts of characters, climate, and terrain will help them see discovery and exploration from a fresh perspective. Includes black-and-white illustrations, maps, sidebars, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.

Explorers-- North America-- History, Juvenile literature.

Discoveries in geography.

Erforschung

Explorers-- North America-- History.

Explorers.

North America, Discovery and exploration, Juvenile literature.

Nordamerika

North America, Exploration.

North America.

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

System Code

Cox, Caroline,1954-2014.

Albala, Ken,1964-

Date of Transaction

20201204085558.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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