Booklist : "The contributions in the eclectic mix come from individuals such as Eleanor Roosevelt, actress June Havoc, and hobo Box-Car Bertha, with each person's perspective taking readers directly into the experience through details and eye-opening observations."
-- Booklist (May 2001)
School Library Journal : "Following a thorough introduction that provides novice historians with background information, this series entry uses primary-source documents organized in a coherent chronology. With its important documents, this work will help budding historians and researchers make sense of a complex time."
-- School Library Journal (July 2002)
School Library Journal : "These are in keeping with the aim of the series, to personalize history and, in this way, make it more meaningful."
-- School Library Journal (May 2002)
Booklist : "The History Firsthand series presents excerpts from period documents, organized under broad subject heading and introduced by a paragraph of background. Each book includes a few black-and-white illustrations."
-- Booklist (Febraury 2001)
Book Description
At the end of the 15th century, Europeans began sending ships across the uncharted Atlantic in search of faster trade routes to Asia. The "New World" they found instead brought great wealth, increased geographical knowledge of the globe, and opportunities to interact with, learn from, and exploit the existing inhabitants. This volume presents firsthand accounts of the voyages of the men who explored, settled, and conquered these new European discoveries.
History Firsthand - Explorers of the New World (hardcover edition) (History Firsthand),Jake Mattox,Greenhaven Press,0737721707,America,Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction,Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9),Discovery and exploration,Europe,Explorers,First contact with Europeans,General,History,History - General,Indians of North America,Juvenile Nonfiction,Sources,History / General,Humanities
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