to 1810

A collection of primary documents and essays on the Columbus voyages and those that followed that dramatically changed life in two worlds previously unknown to each other.

An investigation of North American history in the seven centuries before the founding of the United States, looking at how the sequential cultural layers defined by people the author calls the progenitors, conquistadores, traders, planters, imperialists, and Atlanteans contributed to the society, culture, and politics of the U.S. as it emerged after the Revolutionary War.

Left penniless in eighteenth century England, fourteen-year-old Nathan Gull and his mousy sister Maud accompany Tamo, the son of a notorious pirate, to his homeland of Madagascar where they are all changed by their encounter with Tamo's dangerous past.

Joe, Fred, and Sam find themselves whisked by The Book to the main ring-ball court in Chichin Itza, Mexico in 1000 A.D., where they must play for their lives against a Mayan High Priest who cheats.

An account of the life and times of the English buccaneer, Henry Morgan, from his birth in Wales through his daring exploits in the Spanish Main to his later years in Jamaica.

Describes what life was like in the first English colonies in the Americas.

Chronicles the adventures of seventeenth-century privateer Captain Henry Morgan and his crew as they traveled through the Caribbean raiding ports and attacking Spanish ships in the name of England.

Identifies and explains the similarities and differences between the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, describing their process of colonization, colonial societies, distinctive styles of imperial government, and independence movements against them.

Profiles ten extremely significant events that took place in the Americas up through the seventeenth century, from the first encounters with the Native Americans to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692; each profile includes an introductory survey, an interpretive essay, an illustration, and an annotated bibliography.

Uses a series of graphic organizers to describe the settlement of the Americas, and examines the first people to inhabit the regions, Native American populations, European exploration and expansion, the early English colonies, the slave trade, and more.