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When Columbus discovered a new world for Spain, no one knew that the Vikings, centuries earlier, had attempted their own settlement of North America. In 1497, John Cabot was chosen by the British king to search for a Northwest Passage to the Orient. Historian Delno West and Jean West describe the adventures of Cabot, his son Sebastian, and the French explorer Jacques Cartier, and describe the contriubtions they made to the world we know today. Young Adult. <p>Covers the discovery and exploration of North America by a variety of European explorers. </p>
- Author
- West, Delno C., 1936-; West, Jean M
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780689318221
- Subjects
- History, Literary Fiction, Humanities
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