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Author:

Cox, Caroline, 1954-

Title:

Opening up North America, 1497-1800 [electronic resource] / Caroline Cox and Ken Albala ; John S. Bowman and Maurice Isserman, general editors.

Format:

[electronic resource] /

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publisher:

Chelsea House Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

1 online resource (140 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Explorers--History.
Electronic books.
North America--Discovery and exploration.

Other Authors:

Albala, Ken, 1964-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Triumph and disappointment: 1789-1793 -- Exploration and empire: 1497-1536 -- French, Spanish, and English failures: 1521-1590 -- Europeans colonize and contest northeastern America: early seventeenth century -- Furs, friars, and French exploration: 1635-1673 -- La Salle's adventures and wartime misery: 1673-1715 -- Gaining knowledge and coming to blows: 1715-1783 -- Exploration at the turn of the century: 1783-1800.

Summary:

Chronicles the expeditions of explorers who came to North America from 1497 to 1800 and covered the areas which would become the United States and Canada. Includes the stories of such figures as John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet, and Daniel Boone.

Series:

Discovery & exploration

ISBN:

1438130813
9781438130811

Locations:

NPSX771 -- North Polk High School (Alleman)

0YSX353 -- Hampton-Dumont High School (Hampton)