Famous Discoverers and Explorers of America: Their Voyages, Battles, and Hardships in Traversing and Conquering the Unknown Territories of a...
- ISBN-10
- 0722264194
- ISBN-13
- 9780722264195
- Series
- Famous Discoverers and Explorers of America
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction / Travel
- Pages
- 428
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1917
- Publisher
- Page Company
- Author
- Charles Haven Ladd Johnston
Description
Brief biographies concentrating on the major discoveries of sixteen explorers including Leif Ericson, Hernando Cortés, Giovanni Verrazano, Father Marquette, and Robert Peary.
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