america

Presents the history of ancient America in topical arrangement. Includes over 350 drawings and paintings, photographs of sites today, and maps of locations discussed.

Presents a biography of early French explorer Samuel de Champlain and chronicles his expeditions in Canada and founding of Quebec, the fur trade and relationship with the Native Americans, and the Battle of Lake Champlain.

Presents a brief biography of sixteenth-century explorer Jacques Cartier, in simple text with illustrations.

Provides information about Columbus Day, explaining historical backgroung, how it began, and how it is celebrated.

Introduces Columbus Day, explaining the historical events behind it, how it became a holiday, and how it is observed.

Illustrations, maps, and easy-to-follow text provide a brief introduction to the Norse discovery of America in the fifteenth century.

Describes the social and economic climate of the sixteenth century by focusing on the life of an apprentice to a mapmaker living in Spain during the age of exploration.

Explores the American holiday Columbus Day including parades and celebrations.

Simple text and photographs introduce the life of the Italian explorer who is credited with discovering America.

Tells the story of the Dutch colony known as New Netherland and includes information on related topics and figures such as seventeenth-century Dutch ships, the Hudson River, Native Americans, and Peter Stuyvesant.