Opening Up North America, 1497-1800

by Cox, Caroline; Albala, Ken; Bowman, John S.; Isserman, Maurice

• ISBN13: 9780816052615
• ISBN10: 0816052611
• Edition: Illus.
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Facts on File

Summary

Describes the history of voyages to the United States and Canada, including those of Alexander Mackenzie, John Cabot, Giovanni da Verrazano, Jacques Cartier, and David Thompson.

Table of Contents

Note on Photos	vi
Acknowledgments	vii
Preface	viii
Triumph and Disappointment: 1789--1793	1	(11)
Alexander Mackenzie's First Voyage, 1789	4	(6)
Birch-Bark Canoes	6	(4)
Alexander Mackenzie's Second Voyage, 1793	10	(2)
The Race for Spices and the Land of Codfish: 1497--1509	12	(15)
Shipbuilding	15	(3)
Europe, ca. 1520	18	(3)
Discipline Aboard Ships	19	(2)
Voyages of John Cabot, 1497--1498	21	(6)
France and Spain Along the Mid-Atlantic Coast: 1504--1536	27	(12)
Typical Map of Atlantic Showing Imaginary Islands, 15th Century	29	(3)
Sailors' Diets	31	(1)
Voyage of Giovanni da Verrazano, 1525	32	(7)
Richard Hakluyt (ca. 1552--1616)	36	(3)
Jacques Cartier's Voyages: 1534--1543	39	(14)
The Language of the Sea	41	(1)
Voyage of Jacques Cartier, 1534	42	(6)
Voyage of Jacques Cartier, 1535--1536	48	(5)
An Extraordinary Young Woman	52	(1)
Spanish, French, and English Failures: Mid-16th Century	53	(15)
North American Native Foods	58	(1)
French and Spanish in the Southeast, 1562--1567	59	(9)
Saint Elmo's Fire	62	(6)
Europeans Colonize and Contest Northeastern America: Early 17th Century	68	(13)
Cooperage	72	(3)
Samuel de Champlain's Early Voyages, 1603--1607	75	(4)
Mermaids	78	(1)
Henry Hudson's Voyage, 1609	79	(2)
The French Lead the Way: 1607--1635	81	(14)
Beaver Hats	82	(4)
Samuel de Champlain's Routes, 1609 and 1615	86	(2)
Etienne Brule's Routes, 1615 and 1621	88	(7)
Native Women and the Fur Trade	89	(6)
Furs, Friars, and French Exploration: 1635--1673	95	(14)
Journey of Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet, 1673	96	(10)
White Pines Make Great Masts	100	(4)
Father Jean de Brebeuf Learns New Languages	104	(2)
Route of Medard Chouart, Sieur des Groseilliers, and Pierre-Esprit Radisson, 1659--1660	106	(3)
La Salle's Adventures and Wartime Misery: 1673--1715	109	(16)
Captivity Narratives	111	(2)
Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle's Routes, 1679--1682 and 1685	113	(8)
The Voyageurs	121	(4)
Gaining Knowledge---Coming to Blows: 1715--1756	125	(14)
European Possessions in North America, 1713	126	(4)
Three Conjectured Routes Taken by La Verendrye and His Sons, 1738--1743	130	(9)
Tracking Explorers: Historians Become Detectives	132	(4)
Flintlock Muskets	136	(3)
Wartime and Exploration: 1754--1783	139	(14)
Daniel Boone's Routes, 1767--1768 and 1769--1771	140	(2)
North America at Time of Proclamation Line of 1763	142	(8)
Fort Michilimackinac	145	(4)
The Great Chipewyan Guides: Matonabbee and Nestabeck	149	(1)
Routes of Pacific Coast Explorers, 1741--1778	150	(3)
In the Footsteps of Mackenzie: 1783--1800	153	(11)
David Thompson's Route, 1797--1798	154	(7)
Pemmican	157	(3)
Smallpox Crosses the Continent	160	(1)
Spread of Smallpox across North America, 1775--1782	161	(3)
North America in 1800	164	(10)
African Americans in the Fur Trade	166	(3)
North America, 1800	169	(5)
Glossary	174	(6)
Further Information	180	(7)
Index	187

Excerpts

Interesting topics include:
African Americans in the fur trade
Beaver hats
Captivity narratives
Father Jean de Brébeuf learns the Huron language
Flintlock muskets
Native women and the fur trade
Richard Hakluyt and the voyages
St. Elmo's fire.