Title: Explorers of the New World
Description: The firsthand accounts of the explorers and conquerors that are excerpted and discussed in the following pages represent the period of early European exploration of the New World. Some accounts are from letters directed toward a patron or monarch; others are from books and journals published many years after the events themselves. Others are even taken from books wrtten by sixteenth-century historians. - Introduction.
Subjects: Indians of North America, First contact with Europeans, Discoveries in geography, Native Americans, Sources, Exploration, History, Explorers, Discovery and exploration, Indians of north america, first contact with europeans, America, discovery and exploration