Explorers of the New World, Jake Mattox, book editor
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Explorers of the New World, Jake Mattox, book editor
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-230) and index
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non fiction
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Explorers of the New World
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bibliography
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Jake Mattox, book editor
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History firsthand
Summary
This book, presenting history through the words of first-person narrators, discusses early European exploration of the New World and describes the fighting, epidemic diseases, and mistreatment that Europeans brought to the Native Americans
Table Of Contents
In Search of a water route to Asia: Sailing an unknown ocean with an anxious crew / Christopher Columbus -- Across the North Atlantic / Various correspondents in England -- Finding the straits of Magellan / Antonio Pigafetta -- World unknown to the ancients / Giovanni da Verrazzano -- At the mercy of the winds / Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo -- Encountering the Natives: Slaves, spices, and gold / Christopher Columbus -- "Willing" Christian converts / Pedro Vaz de Cominha -- "Golden age" in the new world? / Amerigo Vespucci -- In defense of the Natives / Bartolome de Las Casas -- Conquest: Power struggles in the new world / Vasco Nunez de Balboa -- Civilization deemed worthy of conquest / Hernan Cortes -- Looting the Incan empire / Francisco de Xeres -- "Blinded and dazed" by greed / Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes -- Inland journeys: Wondrous cities of the Aztecs / Bernal Diaz del Castillo -- Traveling with the indians / Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca -- Negotiating on the St. Lawrence / Jacques Cartier -- River of the Amazons / Gaspar de Carvajal -- Seventeenth-century expansion: Exploring the Spanish Southwest / Juan de Onate -- Making Native allies and enemies / Samuel de Champlain -- Navigating the "Great river of the West" / Jacques Marquette
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