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9780471391487

North American Exploration

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  • Copyright: 2003-06-16
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Summary

A comprehensive, highly readable reference This is an authoritative, one-stop resource for essential information on the exploration of North America, from alleged pre-Columbian explorers to polar expeditions in the twentieth century. Completely up-to-date in content and historical approach, the book is divided into seven sections, each covering a major area of exploration. Vivid, narrative entries bring to life early expeditions (e.g., African and Scandinavian voyages, real and apocryphal), voyages of European explorers, Western expeditions, and explorations of the Arctic. From the Atlantic seaboard to the Appalachians to the Mississippi to the northernmost regions, readers will discover the Native nations, geographical features, private and governmental institutions, and settlements that played a role in the history of exploring the continent. Maps, photos, and sidebars with lively first-person accounts from contemporary diaries, reports, and news accounts round out this thorough examination of the numerous adventures taken around the continent. Michael Golay has published five books on American history, including most recently The Ruined Land. He lives in Exeter, New Hampshire. John Bowman is the Editor of the Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography and numerous other reference works. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Author Biography

Michael Golay is the author of five books on American history. He lives in Exeter, New Hampshire John S. Bowman is the editor of the Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography and numerous other reference works. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments x
Introduction 1(4)
PART I North America before Columbus
5(51)
Africans
6(1)
Antilia
7(1)
Asians
8(2)
Bjarni Herjolfsson
10(1)
Brendan, Saint
11(1)
Bristol, England
12(2)
Celts
14(1)
Day, John
15(1)
disputed claims for pre-Columbian contacts
16(2)
Egyptians
18(1)
Erik the Red
18(1)
Greeks
19(1)
Greenland
20(1)
Helluland
21(1)
Henry the Navigator
21(1)
Irish
22(1)
L'Anse aux Meadows
22(2)
Leif Eriksson
24(2)
Libyans
26(1)
maps
26(6)
Markland
32(1)
Muslims
32(1)
Native Americans
33(4)
navigation
37(7)
Newfoundland
44(1)
Norse
45(1)
Phoenicians
46(1)
Pining and Pothorst
46(1)
Piri Reis map
47(1)
Scolvus, Johannes
48(1)
Sinclair, Henry
48(1)
skraelings
49(1)
Vinland
49(3)
Vinland Map
52(1)
Welsh
53(1)
Zeno brothers
54(2)
PART II The Spanish Enter the New World, 1492--1635
56(67)
Alarcon, Hernando de
58(1)
Alvarado, Hernando de
58(1)
Alvarado, Pedro de
59(2)
Anian, Strait of
61(1)
Balboa, Vasco Nunez de
61(1)
Bolanos, Francisco de
62(1)
Bosque and Larios expedition
62(1)
Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nunez
62(2)
Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez
64(2)
Carvajal y de la Cueva, Luis de
66(1)
Castano de Sosa, Gaspar
66(1)
Cermeno, Sebastian Rodriguez
66(2)
Columbus, Christopher
68(5)
Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de
73(3)
Cortes, Hernan
76(2)
Cosa, Juan de la
78(1)
Cuba
79(1)
Diaz, Melchior
80(1)
disease
80(4)
Drake, Sir Francis
84(2)
Espejo and Beltran expedition
86(1)
Estevanico
87(1)
Fuca, Juan de
88(2)
Gali, Francisco
90(1)
Grijalva, Juan de
90(1)
Gutierrez de Humana and Leyva de Bonilla expedition
91(1)
Hernandez de Cordoba, Francisco de (1)
92(1)
Hernandez de Cordoba, Francisco de (2)
93(1)
Hispaniola
94(1)
Jimenez, Fortun
95(1)
Lavazares, Guido de
95(1)
legendary destinations
96(3)
Lopez de Cardenas, Garcia
99(1)
Marcos de Niza
99(2)
Montejo, Francisco
101(1)
Moscoso Alvarado, Luis de
102(1)
Narvaez, Panfilo de
103(1)
New Spain
104(1)
Ocampo, Sebastian
105(1)
Ojeda, Alonso de
106(1)
Onate, Juan de
107(2)
papal bulls
109(1)
Pizarro, Francisco
110(1)
Possession, Spanish Act of
110(2)
Pueblo Indians
112(2)
Puerto Rico
114(1)
Rodriguez, Agustin
115(1)
Salas-Lopez expedition
116(1)
Tordesillas, Treaty of
116(2)
Ulloa, Francisco de
118(1)
Unamuno, Pedro de
118(1)
Vespucci, Amerigo
119(1)
Vizcaino, Sebastian
120(2)
Zaldivar, Vicente de
122(1)
PART III The Atlantic Seaboard, 1497--1680
123(72)
Abenaki
125(1)
Acadia
126(1)
Alaminos, Antonio de
126(1)
Algonquin
127(1)
Alvarez de Pineda, Alonso
128(1)
Amadas-Barlowe expedition
128(1)
Ayllon, Lucas Vasquez de
129(1)
Batts-Fallam expedition
130(1)
Beothuk
131(1)
Bland-Wood expedition
132(1)
Blue Ridge Mountains
132(1)
Boston
133(1)
Brule, Etienne
133(1)
Bry, Theodore de
134(1)
Byrd, William II
135(1)
Cabot, John
135(3)
Cabot, Sebastian
138(1)
Cape Cod
138(1)
Cartier, Jacques
139(6)
Champlain, Samuel de
145(3)
Chesapeake Bay
148(1)
Chozas and Salas expedition
149(1)
Corte-Real expeditions
150(1)
Fagundes, Joao Alvarez
150(1)
Fernandes, Joao
151(1)
Fernandez de Ecija, Francisco
151(1)
Florida
152(1)
Francois I
153(1)
Funk Island
153(1)
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey
154(1)
Gomes, Estevao
155(1)
Gonzalez, Vicente
156(1)
Gosnold, Bartholomew
157(1)
Grenville expeditions
158(2)
Hakluyt, Richard
160(1)
Hariot, Thomas
161(1)
Hochelaga
162(1)
Hore, Richard
162(1)
Huron
162(1)
Ingram, David
163(1)
Jamestown
164(1)
Jerome and Rocque expedition
164(1)
Labrador
165(1)
Lane, Ralph
166(1)
Lederer, John
167(1)
Luna y Arellano, Tristan de
167(1)
Martyr, Peter
168(1)
Menendez de Aviles, Pedro
168(2)
Needham and Arthur expedition
170(1)
Newfoundland
171(1)
New France
172(1)
Norumbega
172(1)
Oldham, John
173(1)
Pardo, Juan
173(1)
Ponce de Leon, Juan
174(1)
Quejo, Pedro de
175(1)
Raleigh, Sir Walter
176(1)
Ribaut and Laudonniere expeditions
177(1)
Roanoke Colony
178(2)
Roberval, Sieur de
180(1)
Rut, John
181(1)
Saguenay
181(1)
St. Lawrence River
182(1)
Sandford, Robert
182(1)
Smith, John
183(1)
Soto, Hernando de
184(3)
Velazquez, Antonio
187(1)
Verrazano, Giovanni da
187(4)
Villafane, Angel de
191(1)
Waymouth, George
192(1)
Wood, Abraham
193(1)
Woodward, Henry
194(1)
PART IV Exploring West of the Mississippi, 1635--1800
195(53)
Agreda, Maria de Jesus
197(1)
Aguayo, Marques de San Miguel de
198(1)
Aguirre, Pedro de
199(1)
Alarcon, Martin de
199(1)
Anza, Juan Bautista de
200(2)
Aranda, Miguel de
202(1)
Barreiro, Francisco Alvarez
203(1)
Barroto, Juan Enriquez
203(2)
Bodega y Quadra, Juan Francisco de la
205(2)
Casa Calvo, Sebastian Calvo de la Puerta y O'Farril, Marques de
207(1)
Cook, James
207(2)
Del Rio, Domingo
209(1)
Escalante and Dominguez expedition
210(1)
Escandon, Jose de
211(1)
Espinosa, Isidro Felix de
212(1)
Espinosa-Olivares-Aguirre expedition
212(1)
Evia, Jose Antonio de
213(1)
Fages, Pedro
214(1)
Finiels, Nicolas de
215(1)
Garces, Francisco Tomas
216(1)
Grenier, Chevalier
217(1)
Guadalajara, Diego de
217(1)
Hezeta, Bruno de
218(2)
Kino, Eusebio Francisco
220(1)
La Perouse, Jean-Francois Galaup, Comte de
221(1)
Leon, Alonso de
222(2)
Malaspina, Alejandro
224(1)
Martin-Castillo expedition
225(1)
Martinez, Esteban Jose
225(2)
Mendoza-Lopez expedition
227(1)
Olivares, Antonio de San Buenaventura y
228(1)
Ortiz Parrilla, Diego
228(1)
Perez, Juan Jose Perez Hernandez
229(1)
Pez and Lopez de Gamarra expedition
230(1)
Portola, Gaspar de
231(2)
Posada, Alonso de
233(1)
Quimper, Manuel
234(1)
Rivas and Iriarte expedition
235(1)
Rivera, Juan Maria de
235(1)
Rivera, Pedro de
236(1)
Rivera y Moncada, Fernando de
237(1)
Rubi, Maria Pignatelli Rubi Corbera y San Climent, Marques de
238(1)
Serra, Father Junipero
239(3)
Sutil and Mexicana expedition
242(1)
Teran de los Rios, Domingo de
243(1)
Uribarri, Juan de
244(1)
Valverde y Cosio, Antonio
245(1)
Vargas, Diego Jose de
246(1)
Villasur, Pedro de
247(1)
PART V From the Appalachians to the Mississippi, 1540--1840
248(65)
Albanel, Charles
250(1)
Allouez, Claude Jean
251(1)
Appalachian Mountains
251(1)
Bartram, John
252(1)
Beranger, Jean
253(1)
Bienville, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de
254(1)
Blanpain, Joseph
255(1)
Bond, William
255(1)
Boone, Daniel
256(2)
Brebeuf, Jean de
258(1)
Cadillac, Antoine de La Mothe
258(1)
Cahokia
259(1)
Carver, Jonathan
260(1)
Catesby, Mark
261(1)
Celoron de Blainville, Pierre-Joseph
262(1)
Charlevoix, Pierre Francois Xavier de
263(1)
Chaussegros de Lery, Gaspard-Joseph
263(1)
Cherokee
264(1)
Chickasaw
264(1)
Choctaw
265(1)
Collot, Georges Henri Victor
265(2)
Couture, Jean
267(1)
Creek Confederacy
267(1)
Cumberland Gap
268(1)
Dablon, Claude
269(1)
Daumont de Saint-Lusson, Simon Francois
270(1)
Delaware
270(1)
Derbanne, Francois Guyon Des Pres
271(1)
Dollier and Galinee expedition
272(1)
Druillettes, Gabriel
273(1)
Dulhut, Daniel Greysolon
274(1)
Dunbar, William
275(1)
Dutisne, Claude-Charles
276(1)
Fort Michilimackinac
277(1)
Freeman, Thomas
277(2)
Gist, Christopher
279(1)
Grosseilliers and Radisson expeditions
280(2)
Hennepin, Louis
282(1)
Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'
283(1)
Illinois
284(1)
Jesuit missionaries
285(1)
Jogues, Isaac
286(1)
Jolliet and Marquette expedition
287(2)
Kelsey, Henry
289(1)
Lahontan, Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de
290(1)
La Salle, Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de
291(2)
Le Sueur, Pierre-Charles
293(1)
Louisiana
294(1)
Mezieres, Athanase de
294(1)
Miami
295(1)
Michaux, Andre
296(1)
Mississippi River
297(1)
Montreal
298(1)
Nicolet, Jean
298(1)
Nicollet, Joseph Nicolas
299(1)
Nolan, Philip
300(1)
Noyon, Jacques de
301(1)
Ohio River
301(1)
Pere, Jean
302(1)
Robutel de la Noue, Zacharie
303(1)
Rogers, Robert
303(1)
Roseboom, Johannes
304(1)
Sagean, Mathieu
305(1)
Saint-Denis, Louis Juchereau de
306(1)
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
307(1)
Sioux
307(2)
Spotswood, Alexander
309(1)
Tonty, Henri
309(1)
Viele, Arnold
310(1)
Walker, Thomas
311(1)
Welch, Thomas
312(1)
PART VI Across the North American Continent, 1720--1880
313(81)
American Fur Company
315(1)
Ashley, William Henry
316(1)
Astor, John Jacob
317(1)
Bannock
317(1)
Benton, Thomas Hart
318(1)
Bent's Fort
318(1)
Bidwell, John
318(1)
Blackfoot
319(1)
Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de
319(1)
Bourgmond, Etienne Venard de
320(2)
Bridger, James
322(1)
Broughton, Henry
322(1)
California Trail
323(1)
Carson, Kit
324(1)
Chouteau, Auguste Pierre
324(1)
Clark, William
325(1)
Colter, John
325(1)
Columbia River
326(1)
Continental Divide
327(1)
Corps of Topographical Engineers
328(1)
Davis, Jefferson
328(1)
De Voto, Bernard Augustine
329(1)
Dutton, Clarence
329(1)
Emory, William H.
330(1)
Fidler, Peter
331(1)
Fitzpatrick, Thomas
332(1)
Fort Astoria
332(1)
Fort Hall
333(1)
Fort Laramie
333(1)
Fort Vancouver
334(1)
Fraser, Simon
334(1)
Fremont, Jessie Benton
335(1)
Fremont, John Charles
336(4)
Grand Canyon
340(1)
Grand Teton Mountains
340(1)
Gray, Robert
341(1)
Great American Desert
341(1)
Gros Ventre
342(1)
Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer
343(1)
Henday, Anthony
343(1)
Henry, Andrew
344(1)
Holmes, William H.
344(1)
Hudson's Bay Company
345(2)
Humboldt River
347(1)
Hunt, Wilson Price
348(1)
Irving, Washington
348(1)
Ives and Macomb surveys
349(1)
Jefferson, Thomas
350(1)
King, Clarence
351(1)
La Harpe, Jean-Baptiste Benard, Sieur de
352(1)
La Verendrye, Pierre Gaultier Varenne, Sieur de
353(1)
Lewis, Meriwether
353(1)
Lewis and Clark expedition
354(4)
Lisa, Manuel
358(1)
Long, Stephen H.
359(1)
Louisiana Purchase
360(1)
Mackay-Evans expedition
361(1)
Mackenzie, Alexander
361(4)
Mackenzie, Donald
365(1)
Mallet expeditions
365(1)
Manifest Destiny
366(1)
Marcy, Randolph Barnes
367(1)
Missouri River
367(1)
Muir, John
368(1)
North West Company
369(1)
Ogden, Peter Skene
369(1)
Oregon Trail
370(1)
Pacific Railroad surveys
371(1)
Palliser and Hind surveys
372(1)
Parker, Samuel
373(1)
Pattie, James Ohio
374(1)
Pike, Zebulon
375(1)
Platte River
376(1)
Pond, Peter
377(1)
Powell, John Wesley
378(2)
Rocky Mountains
380(1)
St. Louis
381(1)
Sierra Nevada
382(1)
Smith, Jedediah
382(2)
Stuart, Robert
384(2)
Sublette, William
386(1)
Thompson, David
386(2)
U.S. Geological Survey
388(1)
Vancouver, George
389(1)
Warren, Gouverneur Kemble
389(1)
Wheeler, George M.
390(2)
Wilkes exploring expedition
392(1)
Yellowstone expeditions
393(1)
PART VII The Arctic and Northernmost Regions, 1576--1992
394(99)
Amundsen, Roald
396(3)
Anderson, William
399(2)
Back, George
401(1)
Baffin, William
401(1)
Baffin Island
402(1)
Baranov, Alexander Andreevich
403(1)
Bartlett, Robert A.
404(1)
Bering, Vitus
405(2)
Bernier, Joseph-Elzear
407(2)
Boyd, Louise Arner
409(1)
Button, Thomas
410(1)
Bylot, Robert
410(1)
Byrd, Richard Evelyn
410(3)
Campbell, Robert
413(1)
Coats, William
414(2)
Collinson, Richard
416(1)
Cook, Frederick Albert
417(1)
Davis, John
418(2)
Dease, Peter Warren
420(2)
DeLong, George Washington
422(1)
Dezhnev, Semen Ivanovich
423(1)
Ellesmere Island
424(1)
Foxe, Luke
424(1)
Franklin, Lady Jane
425(1)
Franklin, John
425(6)
Frobisher, Sir Martin
431(1)
Glazunov, Andrei
432(1)
Greely, Adolphus Washington
432(1)
Hall, Charles Francis
433(2)
Harriman expedition
435(2)
Hayes, Isaac
437(1)
Hearne, Samuel
438(2)
Henson, Matthew
440(3)
Herbert, Sir (Walter William) Wally
443(1)
Hudson, Henry
444(1)
James, Thomas
445(1)
Kane, Elisha Kent
446(2)
Kashevarov, Alexander Filippovich
448(1)
Kellett, Sir Henry
448(1)
Knight, James
449(1)
Kotzebue, Otto von
450(1)
MacMillan, Donald B.
450(2)
McClintock, Francis Leopold
452(2)
McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier
454(1)
Middleton, Christopher
455(1)
Moor, William
456(1)
Nansen, Fridtjof
457(2)
Nares, George Strong
459(1)
North Pole
460(4)
Northwest Passage
464(5)
Parry, Sir William Edward
469(2)
Peary, Robert Edwin
471(3)
Rae, John
474(2)
Rasmussen, Knud Johan Victor
476(1)
Roque, Marguerite de la
477(1)
Ross, Sir James Clark
477(1)
Ross, Sir John
478(2)
Russians in North America
480(3)
Schwatka, Frederick
483(1)
Scoresby, William, Jr.
484(1)
Simpson, Thomas
485(1)
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
486(4)
Sverdrup, Otto
490(1)
Teben'kov, Mikhail Dimitrivich
490(1)
Vasil'ev, Ivan Yakovlevich
491(1)
Vasil'ev, Mikhail Nikolaevich
491(1)
Wilkins, Hubert
492(1)
Bibliography 493(5)
Index 498

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