Exploring northeastern America
By: Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden.
Contributors: Naden, Corinne J.
Series: Exploring the Americas
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Explorers -- Northeastern States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers -- Canada, Eastern -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers.; Northeastern States -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.; Canada, Eastern -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.; Northeastern States -- Discovery and exploration.; Canada, Eastern -- Discovery and exploration.
Genres: Biography; Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: who found it?; title: Leif Ericson: in the days of the Vikings (c. 1000); title: John Cabot: changing the map of Canada (1496-98); title: Giovanni da Verrazano: mapping the east coast (1524-28); title: Martin Frobisher: looking for the passage west (1576-78); title: Humphrey Gilbert and the almost colony (1578-83); title: John Davis: a path through the Arctic (1585-87); title: Henry Hudson and the four voyages (1607-11); title: Epilogue: what did they find?; title: Important events in the exploration of northeastern America; title: Major dates in the search for the Northwest Passage.