Explorers and their quest for North America
Potter, Philip J.2018
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On 11 October 1492 the sun set on a clear Atlantic Ocean horizon and the night was cloudless with a late rising moon. As the lookouts high in the riggings of Christopher Columbus' three ships strained their eyes into the golden light of the moon, near two o'clock in the morning the watchman on the Pinta shouted out, 'Land, land' igniting the era of exploration to the New World. The Age of Discovery became an epic adventure sweeping across the continent of North America, as the trailblazers dared to challenge the unknown wilderness to advance mankind's knowledge of the world. 'Explorers Discovering North America' traces the history of the discovery, exploration and settlement of the western hemisphere through the comprehensive biographies of fourteen explorers, who had the courage and inquisitiveness to search the limits of the world.
Main title:
Explorers and their quest for North America / Philip J. Potter.
Author:
Potter, Philip J., author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2018.
Collation:
280 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526720535 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1283783
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