Exploration and Settlement

by Rebecca Stefoff

Overview

First Published in 2015.Aimed at young adults and written in an accessible way, with colour images, this book contains information about the exploration and early settlement of North America.. It includes the first explorers to reach America, a section on colonies and conquistadors, venture into North America, and the Pilgrims and finishes with the areas of New Netherland, England and Spain. Includes a timeline and sections for further reference.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765681089
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/15/2007
Series:	Colonial Life Series
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	11 Years

About the Author

Rebecca Stefoff has written many nonfiction books for young readers. Earlier works about the exploration of North America include the three-volume Extraordinary Explorers series (Oxford University Press, 1992), The Viking Explorers (Chelsea House, 1993), and Exploring the New World (Benchmark Books, 2001). Stefoff has written about the settlement of North America in The Colonies (Benchmark Books, 2001) and American Voices from Colonial Life (Benchmark Books, 2003).

Table of Contents

chapterOne First to Reach America; chapterTwo The Age of Exploration; chapterThree Colonies and Conquistadors; chapterFour Into North America; chapterFive Adventurers and Pilgrims; chapterSix New Netherland, New France, and New Spain;