Provides a survey of the military history of North America, explaining how geography has shaped American military heritage and discussing every major fortification and battle site on the continent.
A discussion of eighteen North American archaeological sites dating from 9300 to 4000 B.C.E. examines the scientific data and techniques supporting conclusions about early Americans and their lives.
Describes the English, Spanish, French, and Dutch settlers' motivations for coming to the New World, the daily lives of each group, and their contributions to the development of American society.
feasting, fasting, and the discovery of the New World
Fagan, Brian M
2006
A view that Columbus's voyage was the product of a long sweep of history: the spread of Christianity and the radical cultural changes it brought to Europe, the interaction of economic necessity with a changing climate, and generations of unknown fishermen who explored the North Atlantic in the centuries before Columbus.
Describes the development and use of many of the major trails established by Spanish soldiers, traders, and priests in Mexico, the Southwest, and Florida between the 1500s and the 1800s.
