Opening Up North America, 1497-1800, Revised Edition integrates in a chronological narrative the voyages taken from Florida to Newfoundland, covering the first

The establishment of a new nation following the American Revolutionary War meant there were many ripe chances for explorers to investigate the new world that co

Interesting topics Include: Books and printing in the age of Columbus; The Inca Empire; The horse in North America; The legend of El Dorado; The Nootka Conventi

Readers navigate this fact-filled book as it takes them through the history of North American discovery and exploration, detailing all of the successes, hardshi

In 1492, Christopher Columbus led an expedition sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to find the passage to the west to the riches of India.