Famous discoverers and explorers of America / Charles H.L. Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, Charles H. L. (Charles Haven Ladd), 1877-1943, author.

Series:

Historical Figures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Explorers.

America--Discovery and exploration.

America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Snova, [2018]

Summary:

Brief biographies concentrating on the major discoveries of sixteen explorers including Leif Ericson, Hernando Cortés, Giovanni Verrazano, Father Marquette, and Robert Peary.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface*

The Voice

Chapter 1

Leif Ericson

The First European to Explore, and Settle in, America

Vinland

Chapter 2

Christopher Columbus

Re-Discoverer of America, Who Gave a New Continent to the World, (1436-1506)

The Song of the Islander

Chapter 3

Amerigo Vespucci

Florentine Navigator from Whom America Has Derived Its Name, (1452-1512)

Chapter 4

Juan Ponce de Leon

Dreamer and Searcher for the Fountain of Perpetual Youth, (1460-1521)

Chapter 5

Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

Discoverer of the Pacific Ocean, (1475-1517)

Chapter 6

Hernando Cortés

Conqueror of Mexico, (1485-1547)

Chapter 7

Ferdinand Magellan

Expert Mariner, Whose Followers Were the First to Circumnavigate the Globe, (1480-1521)

Chapter 8

Giovanni Verrazano

First Navigator to Explore the Coast of New Jersey and New York, (1480-1527)

Chapter 9

Francisco Pizarro

Conqueror of Peru, (1475-1538)

Chapter 10

Hernando de Soto

Discoverer of the Mississippi River, (1496-1542)

Chapter 11

Samuel de Champlain

Explorer of the Canadian Wilderness, (1567-1635)

The Song of Champlain

Chapter 12

Henry Hudson

Discoverer of Hudson Bay and Explorer of the Magnificent River Which Bears His Name, (15??-1611)

The Wind from the Northland

Chapter 13

Pierre-Esprit Radisson

First Explorer of the West and Northwest, (1651-1710)

Chapter 14

Father Marquette

True Man of God, and Explorer of the Mighty Mississippi, (1637-1675)

The Burial of Good Father Marquette.

Chapter 15

Robert de La Salle

French Adventurer, and Explorer of the Valley of the Mississippi, (1643-1687)

A Song of the Mississippi

Chapter 16

Robert Edwin Peary

Discoverer of the North Pole, (1856-)

The Misty Maid

Epilogue

Index

Blank Page.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781536144581

1536144584

OCLC:

1060605469