New Worlds Ahead
Published by : Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York) Physical details: 202 p.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| j 900 - 999 | j910.8 New (Browse shelf) | Available | 34785 |
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| j910.45 O'Do Hop on the pirate history boat | j910.45092 Jer A whaling captain's daughter | j910.452 May Shipwrecks | j910.8 New New Worlds Ahead | j910.9 Sne Explor-a-maze | j910.9 Ste Accidental explorers | j910.91634 Bro All stations! distress! |
Includes index
A king from Brazil, by R. Hakluyt.--The pilot-major remembers, by S. Cabot.--North-westward ho! By G. Best.--With Drake around the world. Anonymous.--The icy sea, by G. Best.--A voyage to India, by T. Stevens.--Sir Humphrey Gilbert & the Newfoundland, by E. Hayes.--The discovery of Virginia, by A. Barlowe.--The mystery of Roanoke. Anonymous.--The Strait of Magellan, by W. Magoths.--Christmas at sea, by E. Wright.--The discovery of Guiana, by W. Raleigh.--A voyage to Japan, by W. Adams.--The Pilgrim fathers, by W. Bradford.
Fourteen firsthand reports by captain or crew of exploration voyages during Elizabethan and Tudor times, ranging from Sebastian Cabot's account of his search for a northwest passage in 1509 to William Bradford's record of the voyage of the Mayflower in 1620.