Opening Up North America, 1497-1800, Revised Edition integrates in a chronological narrative the voyages taken from Florida to Newfoundland, covering the first

The establishment of a new nation following the American Revolutionary War meant there were many ripe chances for explorers to investigate the new world that co

Readers navigate this fact-filled book as it takes them through the history of North American discovery and exploration, detailing all of the successes, hardshi

In 1492, Christopher Columbus led an expedition sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to find the passage to the west to the riches of India.

Focusing on ten key figures whose careers illuminate the history of the European exploration of North America, this book presents compelling first-person narrat