Travel with the great explorers

Follows the travels of Italian-born explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano who led France's exploration of the New World in the early 1500s and sailed much of the eastern coast of North America.

Follows the travels of Spanish explorer Vasco N??ez de Balboa who explored Panama and was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.

Follows the travels of English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh who led an expedition to found a colony in Roanoke in North Carolina and later explored South America.

Follows the travels of Italian explorer John Cabot, born Giovanni Caboto, who moved to England and got King Henry VII to back an expedition across the Atlantic, where Cabot found what is now Canada. Eager to discover more, Cabot soon set sail on another voyage -- never to be heard from again.

Describes the travels of Jacques Cartier, the sixteenth-century French navigator who made three voyages to what is today known as Canada, in search of a northwest passage to China.

Follows the travels of Spanish explorer Vasco N??ez de Balboa who explored Panama and was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.

Follows the travels of Italian-born explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano who led France's exploration of the New World in the early 1500s and sailed much of the eastern coast of North America.

Describes the travels of Jacques Cartier, the sixteenth-century French navigator who made three voyages to what is today known as Canada, in search of a northwest passage to China.

Follows the travels of Spanish explorer Vasco N??ez de Balboa who explored Panama and was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.

This interesting book charts the travels of Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano. Searching for a sea route to the Pacific Ocean, he explored the Atlantic coast of North America. High-interest headlines, fact boxes, and images highlight Verrazzano's exploration of New York Bay, Cape Cod Bay, the coast of Brazil, and his interactions with Native peoples.