Bibliograph

The world made new, why the age of exploration happened & how it changed the world, Marc Aronson & John W. Glenn

Type

Label

The world made new, why the age of exploration happened & how it changed the world, Marc Aronson & John W. Glenn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61), glossary, timelines and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsphotographsportraitsmaps

Index

index present

Intended audience

IG1100L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The world made new

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Marc Aronson & John W. Glenn

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Accelerated Reader, MG, 7.6, 2, 117019

Sub title

why the age of exploration happened & how it changed the world

Summary

A detailed account of the discovery of the New World outlines the causes and consequences of this defining age of exploration, discussing the empires already in place in the Americas, various expeditions, and explorers

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Causes -- Why was there an age of exploration? -- Europe sets sail -- Religion -- Competition -- Wealth -- Glory -- Knowledge -- Empires of the Americas -- The Inca -- The Aztec -- The lost city -- Trade -- What happened -- The explorers -- Columbus and the New World -- The age of exploration -- Cortés -- Pizarro -- Cartier -- De Soto -- Drake -- Consequences -- How the explorers changed the world -- A world joined -- Disease -- Plants & animals -- Population -- Dinner -- Global gold -- Migration -- Ideas -- Ways of living -- Conclusion -- Place-finder map

Target audience

juvenile

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Why the age of exploration happened & how it changed the worldWhy the age of exploration happened and how it changed the world

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