Other editions of book The Search for the East

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Discusses Portuguese voyages of discovery and exploration around Africa and Asia in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

An addition to the EXPLORATION AND ENCOUNTERS 1450-1550 series, describing the European search for a northern sea route to Asia, which led to the first European settlements of North America in the early 1600s. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs throughout. Ties in with National Curriculum History Key Stage 2.

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Relates the efforts of European explorers to find a northern route over Europe or Canada to China, and describes their discoveries in North America