North American Exploration
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North American Exploration

  1. 528 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

North American Exploration

About this book

A comprehensive, highly readable referenceThis 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.

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Information

Year
2008
Print ISBN
9780471391487
eBook ISBN
9780470313305
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. Part I North America before Columbus
  8. Part II The Spanish Enter the New World, 1492โ€“1635
  9. Part III The Atlantic Seaboard, 1497โ€“1680
  10. Part IV Exploring West of the Mississippi, 1635โ€“1800
  11. Part V From the Appalachians to the Mississippi, 1540โ€“1840
  12. Part VI Across the North American Continent, 1720โ€“1880
  13. Part VII The Arctic and Northernmost Regions, 1576โ€“1992
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index