The history news : explorers / author, Michael Johnstone ; consultant, Shane Winser.
Uses a newspaper format to present the adventures and accomplishments of such explorers as Columbus, Cortes, and Cook.
Item details
- ISBN: 0763609854
- ISBN: 9780763609856
- Physical Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
- Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2000.
Contents / Notes
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1500 B.C.-A.D. 1353. Early explorers: Across the seas ; Phoenicians: Hanno's a hero ; Chinese: The world beyond ; Vikings: Eriksson's new land ; Ibn Battuta: A man of the world. -- 1400-1522. Columbus: A world in the West ; Magellan: Living to tell the tale ; Do-it-yourself trip mapping the world: Junk this map ; World map: Major explorers' routes. -- 1500-1550. Mexico and Central America: Spanish hero dies ; North America: What about the North? -- 1600-1780. Captain Cook: A strange choice? -- 1800-1900. Crossing America: Girl guide ; Crossing Australia: Tragedy in the Outback ; Africa: Four of the best Livingstone alive! -- 1900-today. North Pole: Peary's at Pole! ; South Pole: Amundsen triumphs ; Beneath the oceans: The depths of the world ; Where to next? -- Time line. |
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Subject: | Explorers > Juvenile literature. Explorers. Explorateurs > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Explorers. |
Genre: | Literature. Juvenile works. Literature. |
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Clayton County Library System: Headquarters Library |
J910 JOHNSTONE, MICHAEL (
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