Explorers and their quest for North America
Christopher Columbus : discoverer of the New World -- John Cabot : first European to reach and explore the North American mainland -- Hernan Cortes : conqueror of Mexico -- Jacques Cartier : founder of New France -- Hernando de Soto : explorer of American South-east and discoverer of the Mississippi...
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Pen and Sword History
2017
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Christopher Columbus : discoverer of the New World -- John Cabot : first European to reach and explore the North American mainland -- Hernan Cortes : conqueror of Mexico -- Jacques Cartier : founder of New France -- Hernando de Soto : explorer of American South-east and discoverer of the Mississippi River -- Francisco Coronado : laid the foundation for for the Spanish colonization of the American South-west -- Samuel de Champlain : father of French Canada -- Captain John Smith : mercenary soldier, governor of the Jamestown Colony and explorer of the American coastline -- Henry Hudson : explorer of the Hudson River Valley and Canadian Arctic -- Robert Cavelier de La Salle : explorer of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley -- Vitus Bering : discoverer and explorer of the coastline of Alaska -- Daniel Boone : frontiersman and pioneer in the Ohio Valley -- Sir Alexander Mackenzie : pathfinder of Western Canada -- Meriwether Lewis : captain of the Corps of Discovery expedition across the Louisiana Purchase |
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| Beschreibung: | 303 Seiten 1 Illustration, 5 Karten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 1526720531 9781526720535 |