america

Traces the exploration of America from the arrival of Asian hunters in Alaska more than 15,000 years ago to the English and French settlers in the early 1600s.

Describes the methods used by American archaeologists to learn about early Viking settlers in North America.

Discusses the validity of the claims that an obscure Welsh prince landed in Mobile Bay in 1170 and established a settlement that resulted in a tribe of Welsh-speaking Indians.

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.

Presents a collection of writing about America from journals, diaries, political documents, religious sermons, and poetry and includes Native American mythology, European settlement writings, and literature from the time when the United States was found.

An account of the voyage by a father and son from Winnipeg, Canada to Brazil and then down the Amazon to the Atlantic by canoe.

Learn about the life of Christopher Columbus and our celebration of Columbus Day.

A biography of the Spanish explorer who sought fruitlessly to discover a fountain of youth in Florida and the Caribbean.