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  • North American Exploration

    A comprehensive, highly readable referenceThis is an authoritative, one-stop resource for essential information on the exploration of North America, from alleged pre-Columbian explorers to polar expeditions in the twentieth century. Completely up-to-date in content and historical approach, the book is divided into seven sections, each covering a major area of exploration. Vivid, narrative entries ... Leer más

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  • A Voyage Long and Strange

    Rediscovering the New World

    de Tony Horwitz ...
    A rich mixture of scholarship and modern-day adventure that brings the forgotten first chapter of America's history vividly to life."Consistently eye-opening and entertaining . . . [Horwitz is] as companionable a traveler as anyone would want on a road trip."—San Francisco ChronicleWhat happened in North America between Columbus's sail in 1492 and the Pilgrims' arrival in 1620?On a visit to ... Leer más

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  • Pox Americana

    The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82

    The astonishing, hitherto unknown truths about a disease that transformed the United States at its birthA horrifying epidemic of smallpox was sweeping across the Americas when the American Revolution began, and yet we know almost nothing about it. Elizabeth A. Fenn is the first historian to reveal how deeply variola affected the outcome of the war in every colony and the lives of everyone in North ... Leer más

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  • Native Roots

    How the Indians Enriched America

    “Gracefully written . . . thoroughly researched . . . America is a banquet prepared by the Indians—who were forgotten when it was time to give thanks at the table.”—St. Paul Pioneer-Express“Well written, imagery-ridden . . . A tale of what was, what became, and what is today regarding the Indian relation to the European civilization that ‘grafted’ itself onto this ‘ancient stem’”—Minneapolis Star ... Leer más

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  • Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun

    Hernando de Soto and the South's Ancient Chiefdoms

    The 20th anniversary edition of the study that first revealed De Soto's path across the 16th century American South includes a forward by Robbie EthridgeBetween 1539 and 1542, the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led a small army on an expedition of almost four thousand miles across Southeastern America. De Soto's path had been one of history's most intriguing mysteries until the publication of ... Leer más

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  • West of the Revolution

    An Uncommon History of 1776

    de Claudio Saunt ...
    **Claudio Saunt is an advisor for THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on PBSThis panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies.**In this unique history of 1776, Claudio Saunt looks beyond the familiar story of the thirteen colonies to explore the many other revolutions ... Leer más

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  • Morning of Fire

    John Kendrick's Daring American Odyssey in the Pacific

    de Scott Ridley ...
    Morning of Fire by Scott Ridley is the thrilling story of 18th century American explorer and expeditioner John Kedrick as he journeyed for land and trade in the Pacific. Set against the backdrop of one of the most exciting and uncertain times in world history, John Kendrick’s odyssey aboard his sailing ship Lady Washington carries him from the shores of New England across the unexplored waters of ... Leer más

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  • A History of US: The First Americans

    Prehistory-1600

    de Joy Hakim ...
    Series series A ^AHistory of US
    Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text. Thousands of years--way before Christopher Columbus set sail--wandering tribes of hunters made their way from Asia across the Bering land bridge to North America. They didn't know it, but they had discovered a New World. The First Americans is a fascinating re-creation of pre ... Leer más

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  • A Cold Welcome

    The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America

    de Sam White ...
    Cundill History Prize FinalistLongman–History Today Prize Finalist“Meticulous environmental-historical detective work.”—Times Literary SupplementWhen Europeans first arrived in North America, they faced a cold new world. The average global temperature had dropped to lows unseen in millennia. The effects of this climactic upheaval were stark and unpredictable: blizzards and deep freezes, droughts ... Leer más

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  • Half Moon

    Henry Hudson and the Voyage That Redrew the Map of the New World

    The year 2009 marks the four-hundredth anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of the majestic river that bears his name. Just in time for this milestone, Douglas Hunter, sailor, scholar, and storyteller, has written the first book-length history of the 1609 adventure that put New York on the map.Hudson was commissioned by the mighty Dutch East India Company to find a northeastern passage over ... Leer más

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  • First Invaders

    The Literary Origins of British Columbia

    Edición de Alan Twigg ...
    Series Libro 1 - The Literary Origins of British Columbia
    The names Cook and Quadra ring a bell for most of us, as do Bering and Vancouver, but how much do we know about the Greek-born navigator, Juan de Fuca or the Machiavelli of the maritime fur trade, John Meares? British Columbia's earliest authors and explorers are skilfully introduced, for the first time collectively, by Alan Twigg. This is a compelling account of the characters, events and ... Leer más

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  • The Red Atlantic

    American Indigenes and the Making of the Modern World, 1000-1927

    de Jace Weaver ...
    From the earliest moments of European contact, Native Americans have played a pivotal role in the Atlantic experience, yet they often have been relegated to the margins of the region’s historical record. The Red Atlantic, Jace Weaver’s sweeping and highly readable survey of history and literature, synthesizes scholarship to place indigenous people of the Americas at the center of our understanding ... Leer más

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