Opening up North America, 1497-1800
By: Caroline Cox and Ken Albala.
Contributors: Albala, Ken, 1964-
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: Discovery and exploration
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604131963
Subjects: Explorers -- North America -- History -- Juvenile literature; North America -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Triumph and disappointment: 1789-1793; title: Exploration and empire: 1497-1536; title: French, Spanish, and English failures: 1521-1590; title: Europeans colonize and contest northeastern America: early seventeenth century; title: Furs, French, and English exploration: 1635-1715; title: La Salle's adventures and wartime misery 1673-1715; title: Gaining knowledge and coming to blows: 1715-1783; title: Exploration at the turn of the century: 1783-1800.