West and by north : North America seen through the eyes of its seafaring discoverers
- Title
- West and by north : North America seen through the eyes of its seafaring discoverers / edited, annotated, and introduced by Louis B. Wright and Elaine W. Fowler.
- Published by
- New York, Delacorte Press, [1971]
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- Additional authors
- Description
- xviii, 389 pages : maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Includes voyages of Hudson, the search for the Northwest Passage and discovery of the Pacific coast.
- Series statement
- The Great explorers series
- Uniform title
- Great explorers (Barron's Educational Series, inc.)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Informational works
- Informational works.
- Documents d'information.
- Contents
- The background of the age of discovery -- Pre-Columbian voyages across the Atlantic -- Columbus reports on his voyage of discovery -- Rights of the discovery and early claims to the New World -- Jacques Cartier of Saint-Malo explores Canada -- John Hawkins scouts the Caribbean and appraises Florida -- Hawkins and Drake become inveterate enemies of Spain -- Drake sails around the world and discovers California -- Beginning the search for the Northwest Passage -- Sir Humphrey Gilbert plans colonies and claims Newfoundland -- Sir Walter Raleigh's explorers report on "Virginia" -- Gosnold, Pring, and Weymouth explore the North American coastline -- Searching out sites for colonies in South and North Virginia -- Champlain explores Canada and lays the foundation for an empire -- Henry Hudson finds a great river, a bay -- and death -- Captain John Smith observes the fisheries and the profits from furs -- The other side of the continent.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. xv-xvi.