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Presents primary and secondary source articles on the major events and cultural characteristics of the eighteenth century around the world, covering such topics as the European monarchs, composers, the Paris art salon, the French and Indian War, American slavery, the Boston Massacre, and child labor.

Surveys the life and exploits of fifteenth-century Italian merchant and sailor, Christopher Columbus; and describes his four voyages of discovery to the New World.

Explores sixteenth-century courtier and navigator Sir Walter Raleigh's life and the founding of the Virginia Colony, discussing related topics including Virginia's Native Americans, the legend of El Dorado, and the life of a privateer, and includes a recipe for corn patties.

Presents a brief biography of Spanish explorer and conquistador, Francisco V?squez de Coronado, who led a major expedition from Mexico through what is now the southwestern United States.

Examines the life and career of Juan Ponce de L?on, tracing his travels in the Caribbean and his discoveries of Florida and the Gulf Stream during his search for the fountain of youth.

A biography of the wealthy Spaniard who came to the New World to seek glory and who was the first European to reach the Mississippi River in 1541.

A biography of the Italian explorer who, in the fifteenth century, became the first European to discover the West Indies islands, located below the southernmost tip of the United States, in three historic voyages sponsored by Spain's monarchy.

An illustrated look at fifteenth-century Italian explorer John Cabot's early life, his attempts to find riches through a westward route to Asia, and his arrival in the land he named "New Founde Land.".

This book describes the journeys of Columbus to the New World as he searched for a new route to Asia.

Presents an account of the life and explorations of Leif Eriksson, who led a group of Vikings from Greenland on a voyage which ended on the shores of North America.