North American Exploration

John S. Bowman, Michael Golay

Description

A comprehensive, highly readable reference

This is an authoritative, one-stop resource for essential information on the exploration of North America, from alleged pre-Columbian explorers to polar expeditions in the twentieth century. Completely up-to-date in content and historical approach, the book is divided into seven sections, each covering a major area of exploration. Vivid, narrative entries bring to life early expeditions (e.g., African and Scandinavian voyages, real and apocryphal), voyages of European explorers, Western expeditions, and explorations of the Arctic. From the Atlantic seaboard to the Appalachians to the Mississippi to the northernmost regions, readers will discover the Native nations, geographical features, private and governmental institutions, and settlements that played a role in the history of exploring the continent. Maps, photos, and sidebars with lively first-person accounts from contemporary diaries, reports, and news accounts round out this thorough examination of the numerous adventures taken around the continent.

Michael Golay has published five books on American history, including most recently The Ruined Land. He lives in Exeter, New Hampshire.
John Bowman is the Editor of the Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography and numerous other reference works. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part 1. North America Before Columbus.

Part II. The Spanish Enter the New World, 1492-1635.

Part III. The Atlantic Seaboard, 1497-1680.

Part IV. Exploring West of the Mississippi, 1635-1800.

Part V. From the Appalachians to the Mississippi, 1540-1840.

Part VI. Across the North American Continent, 1720-1880.

Part VII. The Arctic and Northernmost Regions, 1576-1992.

Bibliography.

Index.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Michael Golay
• Reference
• World History
• History

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 21 avril 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780470313305
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

NORTH AMERICAN
EXPLORATION
MICHAEL GOLAY JOHN S. BOWMAN
A Wiley Desk Reference
This book is printed on acid-free paper
Copyright 2003 by Michael Golay and John S. Bowman. All rights reserved
Published by John Wiley Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey
Published simultaneously in Canada
Photo credits: Courtesy John S. Bowman: 4, 63, 71, 73, 104, 354, 468; Courtesy Library of Congress: 11, 34, 46, 70, 82, 100, 107, 119, 138, 141, 145, 147, 178, 185, 202, 208, 223, 224, 240, 249, 254, 257, 262, 263, 282, 287, 291, 297, 307, 314, 355, 392, 400, 412, 418, 434, 436, 442, 444, 474, 492; Courtesy National Archives: 54, 112, 218, 220, 232, 331, 338, 340, 345, 349, 351, 360, 370, 375, 380, 388, 393; Philip Baird/ www.anthroarcheart.org : 7; Courtesy Dawn Ferreira, Mystery Hill, America s Stonehenge: 14; Courtesy Winterville Mounds, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, photo taken by John Sullivan: 18; Photo Parks Canada/Andre Cornellier: 23; Courtesy Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division: 29, 481; Courtesy Idaho State Historical Society: 37; Runestone Museum Foundation: 45; Adapted from map by RMC, R. L. 02-8-61, www.randmcnally.com : 57, 124, 395; University of Toronto: 140; Courtesy U.S. Navy: 464
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Golay, Michael, date.
North American exploration / Michael Golay, John S. Bowman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-471-39148-4 (acid-free paper)
1. North America-Discovery and exploration-Encyclopedias. I. Bowman, John Stewart, 1931- II. Title.
E101. G63 2003 917.04-dc21 2002027434
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction
PART I
North America before Columbus

Africans

Antilia

Asians

Bjami Herjolfsson

Brendan, Saint

Bristol, England

Celts

Day, John

disputed claims for pre-Columbian contacts

Egyptians

Erik the Red

Greeks

Greenland

Helluland

Henry the Navigator

Irish

L Anse aux Meadows

Leif Eriksson

Libyans

maps

Markland

Muslims

Native Americans

navigation

Newfoundland

Norse

Phoenicians

Pining and Pothorst

Piri Reis map

Scolvus, Johannes

Sinclair, Henry

skraelings

Vinland

Vinland Map

Welsh

Zeno brothers
PART II
The Spanish Enter the New World, 1492-1635

Alarc n, Hernando de

Alvarado, Hemando de

Alvarado, Pedro de

Anian, Strait of

Balboa, Vasco N ez de

Bola os, Francisco de

Bosque and Larios expedition

Cabeza de Vaca, lvar N ez

Cabrillo, Juan Rodr guez

Carvajal y de la Cueva, Luis de

Casta o de Sosa, Gaspar

Cerme o, Sebasti n Rodr guez

Columbus, Christopher

Coronado, Francisco V squez de

Cort s, Hern n

Cosa, Juan de la

Cuba

Diaz, Melchior

disease

Drake, Sir Francis

Espejo and Beltr n expedition

Estev nico

Fuca, Juan de

Gali, Francisco

Grijalva, Juan de

Guti rrez de Huma a and Leyva de Bonilla expedition

Hern ndez de C rdoba, Francisco de (1)

Hern ndez de C rdoba, Francisco de (2)

Hispaniola

Jim nez, Fort n

Lavazares, Guido de

legendary destinations

L pez de C rdenas, Garc a

Marcos de Niza

Montejo, Francisco

Moscoso Alvarado, Lu s de

Narv ez, P nfilo de

New Spain

Ocampo, Sebasti n

Ojeda, Alonso de

O ate, Juan de

papal bulls

Pizarro, Francisco

Possession, Spanish Act of

Pueblo Indians

Puerto Rico

Rodr guez, Agust n

Salas-L pez expedition

Tordesillas, Treaty of

Ulloa, Francisco de

Unamuno, Pedro de

Vespucci, Amerigo

Vizca no, Sebasti n

Zald var, Vicente de
PART III
The Atlantic Seaboard, 1497-1680

Abenaki

Acadia

Alaminos, Antonio de

Algonquin

Alvarez de Pineda, Alonso

Amadas-Barlowe expedition

Ayll n, Lucas V squez de

Batts-Fallam expedition

Beothuk

Bland-Wood expedition

Blue Ridge Mountains

Boston

Br l , tienne

Bry, Th odore de

Byrd, William II

Cabot, John

Cabot, Sebastian

Cape Cod

Cartier, Jacques

Champlain, Samuel de

Chesapeake Bay

Chozas and Salas expedition

Corte-R al expeditions

Fagundes, Jo o Alvarez

Fernandes, Jo o

Fern ndez de cija, Francisco

Florida

Fran ois I

Funk Island

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey

G mes, Estev o

Gonz lez, Vicente

Gosnold, Bartholomew

Grenville expeditions

Hakluyt, Richard

Hariot, Thomas

Hochelaga

Hore, Richard

Huron

Ingram, David

Jamestown

Jerome and Rocque expedition

Labrador

Lane, Ralph

Lederer, John

Luna y Arellano, Trist n de

Martyr, Peter

Men ndez de Avil s, Pedro

Needham and Arthur expedition

Newfoundland

New France

Norumbega

Oldham, John

Pardo, Juan

Ponce de Le n, Juan

Quejo, Pedro de

Raleigh, Sir Walter

Ribaut and Laudonni re expeditions

Roanoke Colony

Roberval, Sieur de

Rut, John

Saguenay

St. Lawrence River

Sandford, Robert

Smith, John

Soto, Hernando de

Vel zquez, Antonio

Verrazano, Giovanni da

Villafa e, ngel de

Waymouth, George

Wood, Abraham

Woodward, Henry
PART IV
Exploring West of the Mississippi, 1635-1800

Agreda, Mar a de Jesus

Aguayo, Marqu s de San Miguel de

Aguirre, Pedro de

Alarc n, Mart n de

Anza, Juan Bautista de

Aranda, Miguel de

Barreiro, Francisco Alvarez

Barroto, Juan Enr quez

Bodega y Quadra, Juan Francisco de la

Casa Calvo, Sebasti n Calvo de la Puerta y O Farril, Marqu s de

Cook, James

Del R o, Domingo

Escalante and Dom nguez expedition

Escand n, Jos de

Espinosa, Isidro F lix de

Espinosa-Olivares-Aguirre expedition

Evia, Jos Antonio de

Fag s, Pedro

Finiels, Nicolas de

Garc s, Francisco Tom s

Grenier, Chevalier

Guadalajara, Diego de

Hezeta, Bruno de

Kino, Eusebio Francisco

La P rouse, Jean-Fran ois Galaup, Comte de

Le n, Alonso de

Malaspina, Alejandro

Mart n-Castillo expedition

Mart nez, Esteban Jos

Mendoza-L pez expedition

Olivares, Antonio de San Buenaventura y

Ortiz Parrilla, Diego

P rez, Juan Jos P rez Hern ndez

Pez and L pez de Gamarra expedition

Portol , Gaspar de

Posada, Alonso de

Quimper, Manuel

Rivas and Iriarte expedition

Rivera, Juan Mar a de

Rivera, Pedro de

Rivera y Moncada, Fernando de

Rub , Mar a Pignatelli Rub Corbera y San Climent, Marqu s de

Serra, Father Jun pero

S til and Mexicana expedition

Ter n de los R os, Domingo de

Uribarri, Juan de

Valverde y Cosio, Antonio

Vargas, Diego Jos de

Villasur, Pedro de
PART V
From the Appalachians to the Mississippi, 1540-1840

Albanel, Charles

Allouez, Claude Jean

Appalachian Mountains

Bartram, John

B ranger, Jean

Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de

Blanpain, Joseph

Bond, William

Boone, Daniel

Br beuf, Jean de

Cadillac, Antoine de La Mothe

Cahokia

Carver, Jonathan

Catesby, Mark

C loron de Blainville, Pierre-Joseph

Charlevoix, Pierre Fran ois Xavier de

Chaussegros de L ry, Gaspard-Joseph

Cherokee

Chickasaw

Choctaw

Collot, Georges Henri Victor

Couture, Jean

Creek Confederacy

Cumberland Gap

Dablon, Claude

Daumont de Saint-Lusson, Simon Fran ois

Delaware

Derbanne, Fran ois Guyon Des Pr s

Dollier and Galin e expedition

Druillettes, Gabriel

Dulhut, Daniel Greysolon

Dunbar, William

Dutisn , Claude-Charles

Fort Michilimackinac

Freeman, Thomas

Gist, Christopher

Grosseilliers and Radisson expeditions

Hennepin, Louis

Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d

Illinois

Jesuit missionaries

Jogues, Isaac

Jolliet and Marquette expedition

Kelsey, Henry

Lahontan, Louis-Armand de Lom d Arce, Baron de

La