Author: Carla Mooney
Publisher: Build It Yourself
ISBN: 9781936313440
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides twenty-two step-by-step projects to help readers learn about the explorers that discovered America and their voyages.
Explorers of the New World
Author: Carla Mooney
Publisher: Build It Yourself
ISBN: 9781936313440
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides twenty-two step-by-step projects to help readers learn about the explorers that discovered America and their voyages.
Publisher: Build It Yourself
ISBN: 9781936313440
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides twenty-two step-by-step projects to help readers learn about the explorers that discovered America and their voyages.
The Age of Exploration
Author: Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher: Britanncia Educational Publishing
ISBN: 1622750233
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
The Age of Exploration, which spanned roughly from 1400 to 1550, was the first time in history that European powerseyeing new trade routes to the East or seeking to establish empiresbegan actively looking far past their own borders to gain a better understanding of the world and its many resources. The individuals who set out on behalf of the countries they represented came from a variety of backgrounds, and included master navigators such as Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellanthe latter of whom was the first to circle the globeas well as the often ruthless conquistadors of the New World such as Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes. The exciting and sometimes tragic lives and journeys of these and many others as well as the battles for empire that arose are chronicled in this engaging volume.
Publisher: Britanncia Educational Publishing
ISBN: 1622750233
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
The Age of Exploration, which spanned roughly from 1400 to 1550, was the first time in history that European powerseyeing new trade routes to the East or seeking to establish empiresbegan actively looking far past their own borders to gain a better understanding of the world and its many resources. The individuals who set out on behalf of the countries they represented came from a variety of backgrounds, and included master navigators such as Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellanthe latter of whom was the first to circle the globeas well as the often ruthless conquistadors of the New World such as Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes. The exciting and sometimes tragic lives and journeys of these and many others as well as the battles for empire that arose are chronicled in this engaging volume.
Exploration and Empire
Author: William H. Goetzmann
Publisher: ACLS History E-Book Project
ISBN: 9781597404266
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
From early mountain men searching for routes through the Rockies to West Point soldier-engineers conducting topographical expeditions, the exploration of the American West mirrored the development of a fledgling nation. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning Exploration and Empire, William H. Goetzmann analyzes the special role the explorer played in shaping the vast region once called "the Great American Desert." According to Goetzmann, the exploration of the West was not a haphazard series of discoveries, but a planned - even programmed - activity in which explorers, often armed with instructions from the federal government, gathered information that would support national goals for the new lands. As national needs and the frontier's image changed, the West itself was rediscovered by successive generations of explorers, a process that in turn helped shape its culture. Nineteenth-century western exploration, Goetzmann writes, can be divided into three stages. The first, beginning with the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804, was marked by the need to collect practical information, such as the locations of the best transportation routes through the wilderness. Then came the era of settlement and investment - the drive to fulfill the Manifest Destiny of a nation beginning to realize what immense riches lay beyond the Mississippi. The final stage involved a search for knowledge of a different kind, as botanists and paleontologists, ethnographers and engineers hunted intensively for scientific information in the "frontier laboratory." This last phase also saw a rethinking of the West's place in the national scheme; it was a time of nascent conservation movements and public policy discussions aboutthe region's future. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, Goetzmann offers a masterful overview of the opening of the West, as well as a fascinating study of the nature of exploration and its consequences for civilization.
Publisher: ACLS History E-Book Project
ISBN: 9781597404266
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
From early mountain men searching for routes through the Rockies to West Point soldier-engineers conducting topographical expeditions, the exploration of the American West mirrored the development of a fledgling nation. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning Exploration and Empire, William H. Goetzmann analyzes the special role the explorer played in shaping the vast region once called "the Great American Desert." According to Goetzmann, the exploration of the West was not a haphazard series of discoveries, but a planned - even programmed - activity in which explorers, often armed with instructions from the federal government, gathered information that would support national goals for the new lands. As national needs and the frontier's image changed, the West itself was rediscovered by successive generations of explorers, a process that in turn helped shape its culture. Nineteenth-century western exploration, Goetzmann writes, can be divided into three stages. The first, beginning with the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804, was marked by the need to collect practical information, such as the locations of the best transportation routes through the wilderness. Then came the era of settlement and investment - the drive to fulfill the Manifest Destiny of a nation beginning to realize what immense riches lay beyond the Mississippi. The final stage involved a search for knowledge of a different kind, as botanists and paleontologists, ethnographers and engineers hunted intensively for scientific information in the "frontier laboratory." This last phase also saw a rethinking of the West's place in the national scheme; it was a time of nascent conservation movements and public policy discussions aboutthe region's future. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, Goetzmann offers a masterful overview of the opening of the West, as well as a fascinating study of the nature of exploration and its consequences for civilization.
The Travels of Francisco de Coronado
Author: Deborah Crisfield
Publisher: Raintree
ISBN: 9780739814932
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Presents the biography of the Spanish explorer who visited the Southwestern United States.
Publisher: Raintree
ISBN: 9780739814932
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Presents the biography of the Spanish explorer who visited the Southwestern United States.
The Usborne Book of Explorers
Author: Felicity Everett
Publisher: Usborne Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780794515331
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Describes explorers and voyages of exploration throughout history, organized into such geographical categories as Asia, the Americas, and mountains, and including such explorers as Marco Polo, Jacques Cartier, and James Cook.
Publisher: Usborne Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780794515331
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Describes explorers and voyages of exploration throughout history, organized into such geographical categories as Asia, the Americas, and mountains, and including such explorers as Marco Polo, Jacques Cartier, and James Cook.
The Story of Explorers and Exploration. Penny Clarke
Author: Penny Clarke
Publisher: Salariya Publishers
ISBN: 9781905638024
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Penny Clarke comprehensively covers the history of exploration throughout the ages, and shows how technological advancements and inventions have played a pivotal role in exploring uncharted lands.
Publisher: Salariya Publishers
ISBN: 9781905638024
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Penny Clarke comprehensively covers the history of exploration throughout the ages, and shows how technological advancements and inventions have played a pivotal role in exploring uncharted lands.
Explorers of the Wild
Author: Cale Atkinson
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1368041620
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Boy and Bear both love to explore the outdoors. There are so many neat things to see, and so many strange things to find. These explorers are prepared for anything . . . except each other! When Bear and Boy meet in the woods, they're scared at first. Really scared. But soon these kings of the wild realize that no mountain is too big to conquer if you have a friend to climb it by your side. Praise for Explorers of the Wild "[An] exquisite book . . . [with] ravishing art." -- USA Today Praise for To the Sea "A whale's tale that dives deep and surfaces with useful lessons about making, keeping, and helping friends." -- Kirkus Reviews "An unusual and appealing story about friendship." -- School Library Journal
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1368041620
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Boy and Bear both love to explore the outdoors. There are so many neat things to see, and so many strange things to find. These explorers are prepared for anything . . . except each other! When Bear and Boy meet in the woods, they're scared at first. Really scared. But soon these kings of the wild realize that no mountain is too big to conquer if you have a friend to climb it by your side. Praise for Explorers of the Wild "[An] exquisite book . . . [with] ravishing art." -- USA Today Praise for To the Sea "A whale's tale that dives deep and surfaces with useful lessons about making, keeping, and helping friends." -- Kirkus Reviews "An unusual and appealing story about friendship." -- School Library Journal
A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco Da Gama, 1497-1499
Author: Alvaro Velho
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Columbus & the Renaissance Explorers
Author: Colin Hynson
Publisher: New Forest Press
ISBN: 9781848983052
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Relates Columbus' preparations to search for a new route to Asia, describes his four voyages to America, and discusses the exploration of North America, Africa, and India by other explorers.
Publisher: New Forest Press
ISBN: 9781848983052
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Relates Columbus' preparations to search for a new route to Asia, describes his four voyages to America, and discusses the exploration of North America, Africa, and India by other explorers.
Bold Voyages and Great Explorers
Author: Björn Landström
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780385017633
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780385017633
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description