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Age of Discovery
Age of Exploration
American Indians
Atlantic History
Author_Kelly K. Chaves
Author_Oliver C. Walton
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Colonial America
Colonization
Document Reader
Early Modern Geography
Early Modern Science
Early Modern Travel Writing
English Empire
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Explorers
French Empire
Geography and World Cultures
Native Americans
Product details
- ISBN 9781440839306
- Weight: 1332g
- Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 07 Dec 2018
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Focusing on ten key figures whose careers illuminate the history of the European exploration of North America, this book presents compelling first-person narratives that bring to life the challenges of historical scholarship in the academic classroom.
Explorers of the American East: Mapping the World through Primary Documents covers 280 years of North American exploration and colonization efforts, ranging geographically from Florida to the Arctic. Arranged thematically and mononationally, the work focuses on a selection of 10 explorers who represent the changing course of North American exploration during the early modern period. The use of biography to narrate this history draws in readers and makes the work accessible to both a specialized and general audience. The dozens of primary source documents in this guided source reader span travel accounts, autobiographies, letters, official reports, memoirs, patents, and articles of agreement. This wide variety of primary sources serves to bring to life the failures and triumphs of exploring a newly discovered continent in the early modern period.
This work focuses on ten explorers, including those who are well known, including John Cabot, John Smith, Jacques Cartier, and Samuel de Champlain, as well as discoverers who have slipped from our modern historical consciousness, such as George Waymouth, John Lawson, and J.F.W. Des Barres. The documents that narrate the voyages of these adventurers are arranged chronologically, vividly telling the story of historical events and presenting different voices to the reader. This variety of viewpoints serves to heighten readers' critical engagement with historical source material. The vast variety of primary source materials present students with the opportunity to read and engage critically with different types of historical documents, thereby growing their analytical skillsets.
Kelly K. Chaves is professor of history at the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics.
Oliver C. Walton, PhD, is George III Project Manager and Curator, Historical Papers Projects at the Royal Archives in the United Kingdom.
