Opening up North America, 1497-1800
By: Caroline Cox, Ken Albala.
Contributors: Albala, Ken, 1964-
Series: Discovery & exploration
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
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: The race for spices and the land of codfish : 1497-1509; title: France and Spain along the Mid-Atlantic coast : 1504-1536; title: Jacques Cartier's voyages : 1534-1543; title: Spanish, French, and English failures : mid-16th century; title: Europeans colonize and contest northeastern America : early 17th century; title: The French lead the way : 1607-1635; title: Furs, friars, and French exploration : 1635-1673; title: La Salle's adventures and wartime misery : 1673-1715; title: Gaining knowledge-coming to blows : 1715-1756; title: Wartime and exploration : 1754-1783; title: In the footsteps of Mackenzie : 1783-1800; title: North America in 1800.