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The author describes eleven rival regional "nations" in the United States (Yankeedom, New Netherland, the Midlands, Tidewater, Greater Appalachia, the Deep South, New France, El Norte, the Left Coast, the Far West, and First Nation), and how these deep roots continue to influence our politics today.
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Pub. Date
2024.
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Part high-seas adventure, part examination of the Age of Exploration, this account of Captain James Cook's last voyage in 1776 charts how his overt and covert missions came to a head on the island of Hawaii and left behind a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.
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"Describes the exploration of North America in the times of explorers Christopher Columbus, Francisco V©Łzquez de Coronado, and Sieur de La Salle. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from Columbus' voyage in 1492, Coronado's 1540 expedition, and Sieur de La Salle's expedition down the Mississippi River in 1682"--Provided by publisher.
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Who Discovered America? calls into question our understanding of how the American continents were settled, shedding new light on the well-known "discoveries" of European explorers, including Christopher Columbus. Menzies offers a revolutionary new alternative to the "Beringia" theory of how humans crossed a land bridge connecting Asia and North America during the last Ice Age, and provides a wealth of staggering claims, that hold fascinating and astonishing...
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Pub. Date
c2007
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Draws on recent archaeological discoveries to trace the mythical journey of Gudrid, a Viking women who was thought to have sailed off the edge of the known world more than five hundred years before Christopher Columbus made his historic journey, and explores what Viking society was like in her time and the reasons for its collapse.
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Pub. Date
2015
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"Father," Gudrid said, "when winter is over, my husband and I want to explore this Wine Land. Will you lend us your ship?" The room fell dead quiet. She could feel the hush. Her father put down his knife and looked at her, astonished. "One shipwreck is not enough? "The quiet domestic life-spinning yarn, making cheese and skyr, collecting herbs for tea-might have been enough for other young women, but it was not enough for Gudrid, daughter of Thorbjorn...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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Separating fact from fiction, myth from legend, this assessment of the enduring legacy of the claim that Vikings reached North America around the year 1000 doubles as a journey from the high seas of a millennium ago to rough waters and dark undercurrentsof the online world today.
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"Celebrates and explores the Viking saga from the combined perspectives of history, archaeology, oral tradition, literature, and natural science. The book's contributors chart the spread of marauders and traders in Europe as well as the movement of farmers and explorers throughout the North Atlantic and into the New World"--Back cover.
19) Robert La Salle
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Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Provides a brief introduction to the life of explorer Robert La Salle.
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