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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
28 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 x 26 cm.
Description
Explains how the voyages of Columbus, Cabot, Ponce De Leon, and other European explorers to the American continents were the result of mistakes, accidents, and misses and discusses the explorers' cruel treatment of native peoples.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
vii, 88 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 25 cm.
Description
"For a long time, most people believed that Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to 'discover' America--the first to make a successful round-trip voyage across the Atlantic. But in recent years, as new evidence has come to light, our understanding of history has changed. We know now that Columbus was among the last explorers to reach the Americas, not the first"--Book jacket.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xii, 445 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Description
"An irresistible blend of history, myth, and misadventure, A Voyage Long and Strange captures the wonder and drama of first contact. Vikings, conquistadors, French voyageurs--these and many others roamed an unknown continent in quest of grapes, gold, converts, even a cure for syphilis. Though most failed, their remarkable exploits left an enduring mark on the land and people encountered by late-arriving English settlers."--From publisher description....
Publisher
Gaiam
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (378 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Alaska is a land of extremes: the biggest, coldest, windiest, and wildest. Its climate and land forms are shaped by two oceans, the moving Earth, and frozen polar air. Through it flows the Yukon River, perhaps the last untamed river in North America. Beautiful photography modified with computer images show how populations and natural forces have changed the land. Intimate portraits show the spirit of the people native to Alaska, and those who came...
Author
Series
A history of US volume 1
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
184 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Description
Presents the history of the Native Americans from earliest times through the arrival of the first Europeans.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
viii, 308 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
Combining in-depth research with an adventurer's spirit to present a radical rethinking and new revelations relating to the Beringia theory of how humans discovered, explored, and settled the American continent.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
p2008
Physical Desc
14 CDs (17 hrs. 17 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A chronicle of the period in American history between Columbus's discovery of the new world and Jamestown's founding evaluates the voyages and first-contact experiences of numerous European adventurers.
Author
Series
Spain in the West volume 13
Publisher
Arthur H. Clark Co
Pub. Date
c1991
Physical Desc
398 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
17) Polar extremes
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Renowned paleontologist Kirk Johnson embarks on an epic adventure through time at the polar extremes of the planet. Following a trail of fossils found in all the wrong places - beech trees in Antarctica, redwoods and hippo-like mammals in the Arctic - NOVA uncovers the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-thick ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.
Description
Discusses the sixteenth-century exploration of California's coast, including the adventures of such Spanish explorers as Cortes, Juan Rodri?guez Cabrillo, and Sebastia?n Vizcai?no, as well as Englishman Sir Francis Drake.
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