Presents a brief description of the life and explorations of Cartier, who made three voyages to what is today known as Canada, in search of a northwest passage to China. (view table of contents)

Facilitates the identification of eastern North America's wildflowers

Presents a brief look at the life of Christopher Columbus and his search for a new route to the Indies.

The adventures of Christopher Columbus, now in manga style!Reads L to R (Western Style) for all ages. The lives of great figures in history are full of inspiring and moving episodes. Young people especially can learn from these stories, gaining hope, courage, and even hints on how to live their own lives. Children everywhere benefit from reading about the lives of heroic achievers, and indeed, these stories are an important part of their education and growth. Shogakukan Biographical Comics is a series of biographies of inspirational historical figures in an easy-to-read manga format. These books are as fun to read as any manga, but the stories they tell are based entirely on historical fact. Every volume includes a map and a historical timeline, rounding out a package that teaches even as it entertains. The roller-coaster life story of the "Merchant Adventurer" who set sail for an unknown world! In 1492, Christopher Columbus was the first European to set foot on the coast of North America. In addition to being an explorer, he was also a businessman, whose goal was the riches of the New World.

Product Description: Like fastfact readers, this core knowledge and curriculum guide offers personal accounts, maps and primary sources and offer the highest quality graphic presentation to thrill young readers. With hundreds of facts about Columbus and the world during the Age of Discovery and Exploration this book will stimulate imaginative and thrilling reading and rereading...read more

This exciting book follows the travels of Viking explorer Leif Eriksson from Iceland to Greenland and on to North America. Historical information and high-interest fact boxes are presented in a tabloid-news style that guides readers through major voyages, explorations, and discoveries. Topics include what led Eriksson to sail west, Viking exploration, life on Viking longships, North American settlements, and Eriksson's legacy.

Describes Coronado's explorations in the southwestern United States in the 1540s, an expedition which revealed for the first time to Europeans the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, the Great Plains, herds of buffalo, stark deserts, snow-capped mountain peaks--yet never the gold the Spaniards so avidly desired.Describes Coronado's explorations in the southwestern United States in the 1540s, an expedition unsuccessful in its search for gold

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Henry Hudson was obsessed with finding a northern trade route to Asia. Readers will be engaged with illustrated details of his multiple attempts to find a passage and the fatal mutiny that caused Hudsons disappearance. History remembers this great explorer and the places he traveled, by lending his name to the Hudson River, the Hudson Bay, and the Hudson Strait.