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West and by north : North America seen through the eyes of its seafaring discoverers

Title
West and by north : North America seen through the eyes of its seafaring discoverers / edited, annotated, and introduced by Louis B. Wright and Elaine W. Fowler.
Publication
New York, Delacorte Press, [1971]

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Additional Authors
  • Wright, Louis B. (Louis Booker), 1899-1984
  • Fowler, Elaine W., -2009
Description
xviii, 389 pages : maps; 24 cm.
Summary
Includes voyages of Hudson, the search for the Northwest Passage and discovery of the Pacific coast.
Series Statement
The Great explorers series
Uniform Title
Great explorers (Barron's Educational Series, inc.)
Subject
  • Explorers > North America
  • Explorateurs > Amérique du Nord
  • Discoveries in geography
  • Explorers
  • North America > Discovery and exploration
  • Amérique du Nord > Découverte et exploration
  • North America. > [Literature] > 1970
  • North America. > Discovery and exploration. > [Literature] > 1970
  • North America
Genre/Form
  • Informational works
  • Informational works.
  • Documents d'information.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. xv-xvi.
Contents
The background of the age of discovery -- Pre-Columbian voyages across the Atlantic -- Columbus reports on his voyage of discovery -- Rights of the discovery and early claims to the New World -- Jacques Cartier of Saint-Malo explores Canada -- John Hawkins scouts the Caribbean and appraises Florida -- Hawkins and Drake become inveterate enemies of Spain -- Drake sails around the world and discovers California -- Beginning the search for the Northwest Passage -- Sir Humphrey Gilbert plans colonies and claims Newfoundland -- Sir Walter Raleigh's explorers report on "Virginia" -- Gosnold, Pring, and Weymouth explore the North American coastline -- Searching out sites for colonies in South and North Virginia -- Champlain explores Canada and lays the foundation for an empire -- Henry Hudson finds a great river, a bay -- and death -- Captain John Smith observes the fisheries and the profits from furs -- The other side of the continent.
LCCN
75157507
OCLC
  • ocm00156980
  • 156980
  • SCSB-580064
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library