History of exploration

With hundreds of facts about the famous explorer and his contemporaries during the Age of Discovery and Exploration, this book offers a comprehensive, informative. and highly readable introduction to the world of Christopher Columbus and the Renaissance explorers. Features personal accounts, maps, primary sources, and graphics.

Describes the history of exploration of North America, from the first Norsemen voyages to the discovery of the continent by Columbus, the colonization of North America, and the search for the Northwest Passage.