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Author:

Cox, Caroline 1954-

Title:

Opening up North America, 1497-1800 / Caroline Cox, Ken Albala.

Publisher:

Facts On File,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xii, 196 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Explorers--North America--History.--Juvenile literature.
North America--Discovery and exploration.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Albala, Ken, 1964-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

Discovery & exploration

ISBN:

9780816052615 (alk. paper)
0816052611 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55149634

LCCN:

2004010500

Locations:

NKPD993 -- Eagle Grove Memorial Library (Eagle Grove)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)