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Early explorers of North America, C. Keith Wilbur

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Summary
Surveys the history of New World explorations from the Viking age to the eighteenth century, including the latest views on pre-Columbian explorations
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (140 pages
Note
Originally published: Chester, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, ©1989
Contents
  • Before the Vikings: The Stone Age
  • The Bronze Age
  • The Iron Age
  • Stone inscriptions
  • Early navigation
  • Early historic explorations
  • The Viking explorers: The Norse sagas
  • Bjarni Herjolfsson's glimpse of America
  • Leif Erikson explores Vinland
  • Leif's elusive winter camp
  • The First recorded Indian contact
  • Karlsefni's explorations and attempted colonization
  • Mapping Karlsefni's discoveries
  • Later Norse colonies
  • From single sail to full-rigged ship
  • An Expanding world
  • John Cabot for England
  • Portugal looks to the West: John Frenandes for Portugal
  • Gasper Corte-Real for Portugal
  • 1500
  • North American Indian cultures: Paleo-American Indians
  • Early Archaic Indians
  • Late-Archaic Indians
  • Ceramic-Woodland Indians
  • The Grand Bank fisheries
  • Defining the New World
  • Vespucci and Magellan
  • The Spanish conquests in North America: Arms and armor
  • Ponce de Leon, 1513, 1521
  • Recording the Florida Indians and their tribal lands
  • The Spanish push inland: Carbeza de Vaca
  • lost in the Southwest, 1528-36
  • Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, 1537-42
  • Southwest Indians and their towns
  • Hernando de Soto's expedition, 1539-43
  • Verrazzano sails the coast for France
  • Cartier's three voyages for France: First voyage to the Gulf of St. Lawrence
  • Second exploration to Quebec and Montreal
  • Cartier's third and final effort
  • The Push to colonize: The French invasion of Spanish Florida
  • England's Lost Colony
  • Raleigh's Twice-Lost Colony
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Early explorers of North America
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Early explorers of North America
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C. Keith Wilbur
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Subject
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Language
eng
Summary
Surveys the history of New World explorations from the Viking age to the eighteenth century, including the latest views on pre-Columbian explorations
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1923-2009
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Wilbur, C. Keith
Dewey number
970.01
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
E101
LC item number
.W56 1997
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Illustrated living history series
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • North America
  • Explorers
  • America
  • Explorers
  • Discoveries in geography
  • Explorers
  • North America
  • Explorers
  • North America
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Early explorers of North America, C. Keith Wilbur
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Instantiates
Publication
Note
Originally published: Chester, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, ©1989
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-139) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Before the Vikings: The Stone Age -- The Bronze Age -- The Iron Age -- Stone inscriptions -- Early navigation -- Early historic explorations -- The Viking explorers: The Norse sagas -- Bjarni Herjolfsson's glimpse of America -- Leif Erikson explores Vinland -- Leif's elusive winter camp -- The First recorded Indian contact -- Karlsefni's explorations and attempted colonization -- Mapping Karlsefni's discoveries -- Later Norse colonies -- From single sail to full-rigged ship -- An Expanding world -- John Cabot for England -- Portugal looks to the West: John Frenandes for Portugal -- Gasper Corte-Real for Portugal -- 1500 -- North American Indian cultures: Paleo-American Indians -- Early Archaic Indians -- Late-Archaic Indians -- Ceramic-Woodland Indians -- The Grand Bank fisheries -- Defining the New World -- Vespucci and Magellan -- The Spanish conquests in North America: Arms and armor -- Ponce de Leon, 1513, 1521 -- Recording the Florida Indians and their tribal lands -- The Spanish push inland: Carbeza de Vaca -- lost in the Southwest, 1528-36 -- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, 1537-42 -- Southwest Indians and their towns -- Hernando de Soto's expedition, 1539-43 -- Verrazzano sails the coast for France -- Cartier's three voyages for France: First voyage to the Gulf of St. Lawrence -- Second exploration to Quebec and Montreal -- Cartier's third and final effort -- The Push to colonize: The French invasion of Spanish Florida -- England's Lost Colony -- Raleigh's Twice-Lost Colony
Extent
1 online resource (140 pages
Form of item
online
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps)
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1039952328
Label
Early explorers of North America, C. Keith Wilbur
Link
Publication
Note
Originally published: Chester, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, ©1989
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-139) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Before the Vikings: The Stone Age -- The Bronze Age -- The Iron Age -- Stone inscriptions -- Early navigation -- Early historic explorations -- The Viking explorers: The Norse sagas -- Bjarni Herjolfsson's glimpse of America -- Leif Erikson explores Vinland -- Leif's elusive winter camp -- The First recorded Indian contact -- Karlsefni's explorations and attempted colonization -- Mapping Karlsefni's discoveries -- Later Norse colonies -- From single sail to full-rigged ship -- An Expanding world -- John Cabot for England -- Portugal looks to the West: John Frenandes for Portugal -- Gasper Corte-Real for Portugal -- 1500 -- North American Indian cultures: Paleo-American Indians -- Early Archaic Indians -- Late-Archaic Indians -- Ceramic-Woodland Indians -- The Grand Bank fisheries -- Defining the New World -- Vespucci and Magellan -- The Spanish conquests in North America: Arms and armor -- Ponce de Leon, 1513, 1521 -- Recording the Florida Indians and their tribal lands -- The Spanish push inland: Carbeza de Vaca -- lost in the Southwest, 1528-36 -- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, 1537-42 -- Southwest Indians and their towns -- Hernando de Soto's expedition, 1539-43 -- Verrazzano sails the coast for France -- Cartier's three voyages for France: First voyage to the Gulf of St. Lawrence -- Second exploration to Quebec and Montreal -- Cartier's third and final effort -- The Push to colonize: The French invasion of Spanish Florida -- England's Lost Colony -- Raleigh's Twice-Lost Colony
Extent
1 online resource (140 pages
Form of item
online
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps)
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1039952328

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