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Surveys the history of New World explorations from the Viking age to the eighteenth century, including the latest views on pre-Columbian explorations.

Presents an account of LaSalle's life and explorations and examines their impact on history and the world.

Summary: Examines the French, Dutch, and English search for a northern sea-route to Asia around Northern Europe and into the Arctic.

Presents a comprehensive examination of North American history between Columbus's landing in 1492 and the founding of Jamestown in 1607; and describes the explorations by the Vikings, French, Moorish slaves, and Spanish conquistadors.

A biography of fifteenth-century Italian navigator John Cabot, focusing on his role in discovering new lands in the name of England, the country that sponsored his explorations.

Presents a brief biography of Italian explorer John Cabot, providing information on childhood, his family life, and his voyages of discovery for England including the discovery of the North American mainland in 1497.

Presents a brief biography of John Cabot, the Italian born explorer whose voyage to the New World in 1497 secured new land claims for England and led to the settlement of Newfoundland and parts of Canada.

Discusses the life of John Cabot, with an emphasis on his career as an early explorer of North America.

Describes achievements and innovations of the ancient native peoples of all of North America, from growing corn and playing ball games to creating number systems and building such cities as Teotihuac?n and Cahokia.

Discusses the activities of some of the first French explorers who came to North America beginning in the late sixteenth century, including Giovanni Verrazano, Jacques Cartier, ?tien Br?l?, and others.

Chronicles the English attempts to settle in North America during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including the failed colony on Roanoke Island and the more successful Jamestown settlement.

Examines the facts and theories surrounding the voyages taken to North America by the English explorer John Cabot in the late 1490s.

Illustrations, maps, and easy-to-follow text provide a brief introduction to the Norse discovery of America in the fifteenth century.

Chronicles the history of the European settlement of North American between 1492 and 1763 and includes information on key explorers, African slaves, and Native Americans who fought unsuccessfully to keep their land and way of life.