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Author:

Blue, Rose.

Title:

Exploring northeastern America / Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden.

Publisher:

Raintree,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Northeastern States--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Northeastern States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Canada, Eastern--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Canada, Eastern--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Naden, Corinne J.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: who found it? -- Leif Ericson: in the days of the Vikings (c. 1000) -- John Cabot: changing the map of Canada (1496-98) -- Giovanni da Verrazano: mapping the east coast (1524-28) -- Martin Frobisher: looking for the passage west (1576-78) -- Humphrey Gilbert and the almost colony (1578-83) -- John Davis: a path through the Arctic (1585-87) -- Henry Hudson and the four voyages (1607-11) -- Epilogue: what did they find? -- Important events in the exploration of northeastern America -- Major dates in the search for the Northwest Passage.

Series:

Exploring the Americas
Blue, Rose. Exploring the Americas.

ISBN:

9780739849484
0739849484

LCCN:

2002013353

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)