Famous discoverers and explorers of America
Subtitle: their voyages, battles, and hardships in traversing and conquering the unknown territories of a new world.
Series: Essay index reprint series
Publisher: Books for Libraries Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Freeport, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 433
Subjects: Explorers -- Juvenile literature; Explorers; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature; America -- Discovery and exploration
Description: Brief biographies concentrating on the major discoveries of sixteen explorers including Leif Ericson, Hernando Cortés, Giovanni Verrazano, Father Marquette, and Robert Peary.