Books with title Famous Discoverers and Explorers of America

The perfect introduction to the incredible world of the great European Age of Exploration, written by a famous American expert in preparing educational works for younger readers. This book details the lives and momentous events of many of the most famous European explorers as they opened up the world from 1500 AD onward. Read of Marco Polo's adventures in China, Columbus's history-changing trans-Atlantic voyage, Vasco da Gama's rounding of the southern tip of Africa, the explorations of the Cabot brothers in North America, Amerigo Vespucci's exploration of the American coast (and of how America was named after him), Balboa's discovery of the Pacific Ocean, Ferdinand Magellan's expedition to circumnavigate the globe, the astonishing adventures of the Conquistadors Cortes and Pizarro in South America, the quest for the fabled El Darado, Francis Drake's voyages and the tragic end of Henry Hudson, after whom Hudson Bay is named.

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Accounts of the bold and dauntless discoverers who journeyed into the mysterious Sea of Darkness where it was believed of behemoths and outraged gods subsisted. They ventured to sail close to the equator which was said to have very extreme heat that it has the tendency to boil the waters of the sea. It was also naturally presumed during that time that the earth was flat, and the ships might tumble down the surface of the earth. These great men withstood these frights to discover and explore new territories. Discoverers and Explorers includes these: Chapter I. Beliefs as to the World Four Hundred Years Ago, Chapter II. Marco Polo, Chapter III. Columbus, Chapter IV. Vasco Da Gama, Chapter V. John and Sebastian Cabot's Voyages, Chapter VI. Amerigo Vespucci, Chapter VII. Ponce De Leon, Chapter VIII. Balboa, Chapter IX. Magellan, Chapter X. Hernando Cortes, Chapter XI. Francisco Pizzaro, Chapter XII. Ferdinand De Soto, Chapter XIII. The Great River Amazon, and El Dorado, Chapter XIV. Verrazzano, Chapter XV. The Famous Voyage of Sir Francis Drake – 1577, and Chapter XVI. Henry Hudson. Edward Richard Shaw was an American Professor and Dean in New York University, and a writer of a number of books, primarily young folks’ educational school books. Edward Richard was born in 1855 at Bellport, New York which is a part of Long Island. His collegiate studies was at Lafayette College, and he earned his Ph.D. from New York University. After becoming a Principal at Sayville, New York; Greenport, Suffolk County, New York; and Yonkers or NY High School, he became a Professor of Pedagogy in the New York University. He was Dean, from the moment he died. A few of his literary arts contained popular works edited for use by children who go to school. Such books include Black Beauty and Joshua Slocum's Sailing alone around the world.

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They thought this known land was surrounded by a vast body of water that was like a broad river. Sailors were afraid to venture far upon this water, for they feared they would fall over the edge of the earth. Other seafaring men believed that if they should sail too far out upon this water their vessels would be lost in a fog, or that they would suddenly begin to slide downhill, and would

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The perfect introduction to the incredible world of the great European Age of Exploration, written by a famous American expert in preparing educational works for younger readers. This book details the lives and momentous events of many of the most famous European explorers as they opened up the world from 1500 AD onward. Read of Marco Polo's adventures in China, Columbus's history-changing trans-Atlantic voyage, Vasco da Gama's rounding of the southern tip of Africa, the explorations of the Cabot brothers in North America, Amerigo Vespucci's exploration of the American coast (and of how America was named after him), Balboa's discovery of the Pacific Ocean, Ferdinand Magellan's expedition to circumnavigate the globe, the astonishing adventures of the Conquistadors Cortes and Pizarro in South America, the quest for the fabled El Darado, Francis Drake's voyages and the tragic end of Henry Hudson, after whom Hudson Bay is named.