The Famous Explorers Of New York City

Author : Lynn George
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1448857856
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New York's Early Explorers written by Lynn George and published by The Rosen Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011-04-16 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before New York was a state full of prosperous cities connected by roads, canals, and trains, it was an uncharted land untouched by explorers. This exciting volume delves into the journeys of the first intrepid travelers who sailed across the ocean to settle and develop the Empire State. Featured explorers include Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, and Giovanni da Verrazano. Also included are valuable primary source documents and maps from this exciting period of New Yorks history.

Author : Amelie von Zumbusch
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 147777341X
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New York's European Explorers written by Amelie von Zumbusch and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded on recent historical investigations, this exciting volume delves into the journeys of the first intrepid travelers who sailed across the ocean to explore unknown lands. • Featured explorers include Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, and Giovanni da Verrazzano. • Address which Native American peoples were encountered by early explorers. • Also included are valuable primary source documents and maps from this exciting period of New York’s history.

Author : Richard Tan
Publisher : Rosen Classroom Books & Materials
ISBN 13 : 9781448857258
Total Pages : 12 pages
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Download or read book The Famous Explorers of New York City written by Richard Tan and published by Rosen Classroom Books & Materials. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first European to explore present-day New York City, sailing up the Hudson River, and traversing Long Island in 1524, over eighty years before Henry Hudson would make his own eponymous voyage. This book examines the legacy of Verrazzano, Hudson, and other explorers of early New York with authentic, accessible text, clearly defined maps, and vibrant color illustrations. Supports New York City's Grade 2 social studies standard for Unit 2: New York City Over Time 1.1a.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Famous Explorers of New York City written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first European to explore present-day New York City, sailing up the Hudson River, and traversing Long Island in 1524, over eighty years before Henry Hudson would make his own eponymous voyage. This book examines the legacy of Verrazzano, Hudson, and other explorers of early New York with authentic, accessible text, clearly defined maps, and vibrant color illustrations. Supports New York City's Grade 2 social studies standard for Unit 2: New York City Over Time 1.1a.

Author : Lynn George
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780823984022
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Explorers in New York written by Lynn George and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2002-12-15 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1 Copy

Author : Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Sketches of Northern New York and the Adirondack Wilderness written by Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edwin Erle Sparks
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
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Download or read book Famous Explorers written by Edwin Erle Sparks and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SC-SPCOLL (copy 1): From the James and Margaret Beveridge Fonds.

Author : Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385552931
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Sketches of Northern New York and the Adirondac Wilderness. Including Traditions of the Indians, Early Explorers, Pioneer Settlers, Hermit Hunters, &c. written by Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-08-03 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

Author : Charles Haven Ladd Johnston
Publisher : Nash Press
ISBN 13 : 1409702952
Total Pages : 488 pages
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Download or read book Famous Discoverers and Explorers of America; Their Voyages, Battles, and Hardships in Traversing and Conquering the Unknown Territories of a New World written by Charles Haven Ladd Johnston and published by Nash Press. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dedicated an mat Prutlprlpd of who, with self-sacrifice, devotion, and lack of persdprofit, have consecrated their lives to the education and development of the youths of all English speaking countries. A voice came from the westwand it whispered a met sage clear, And the dripping fog banks parted as the clarion tones drew near It spoke of shores wztrodden, and it sang of mountains bold, Of shimmering sands in distant lands which were cou ered with glittering gold. It sang of hemlock forests, where tlre moose roamed, and the bear, Where the eider bred near the cascades head, and the lucivee had his lair. It praised the rushing water falls, it told of the salmon red, Who swam in the spurning ripples by the rushing rivers head. It chanted its praise of the languorous days which lay neath the shimmering sun, Of the birch canoe and the Indian, too, who trapped in the forests dun. Yea, it told of the bars of silver, and it whispered of emeralds green, Of topaz, sapphire, and amethyst, which shone with a dazzling sheen CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Amerigo Vespucci See page 45 . . Frontispiece Leif Ericson . . 8 The Landing of Columbus . . Amerigo Vespucci off the coast of Venezuela . 48 Juan Ponce de Leon at the Fountail1 of Youth . 8 0 Balboa taking possession of the Pacific Ocean in the name of the King of Spain . 97 Capture by CortCs of the City of Mexico . . 178 The Death of Magellan . . m Giovanni Verrazano . . 208 Execution of the Inca of Peru . 215 De Soto in the Florida Wilderness . . 256 Champlain in the Indian Battle . 285 Henry Hudson in New York Harbor . 317 Marquette and Joliet discovering the Mississippi River . 369 La Salle at the mouth of the Mississippi River . 397Robert Edwin Peary, . . 413 LEIF ERICSON THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO EXPLORE, AND SETTLE IN, AMERICA. From Greenlands icy mou ltni zs from Icelands rocky shore, We sailed the ship which forged ahead and ruddy oarsmen bore We found the wdd grape growing we scoured the riuers bed, And chased the moose whose horns were broad, wl ose blood was rich utUE red. OUT axes felled the wild-wood, our spears the Skraelings slew, We sank their round slcin-barges as the cutting North Winds blew, Over the wild waves rolling, back to the fiords of home, We safely came to nncl or, -but zoell yzeaer cease to T O U . Saga of the Vikings, 1000 A. D.

Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
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ISBN 13 : 9781542765497
Total Pages : 64 pages
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Download or read book New Amsterdam written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of Henry Hudson's expedition around Manhattan and relations with the Lenape natives *Includes accounts of trade and warfare between the Europeans and natives around New Amsterdam *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Manhattan has long been part of a bustling community, even before it formed the backbone of New York City. Centuries before New York City became a shining city of steel that enthralled millions of immigrants, Lenni-Lenape Indians, an Algonquin-speaking tribe whose name means "the People," lived in what would become New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. They had lived there for at least 1,500 years and were mainly hunters and gatherers who would use well-worn paths that would one day bear the names of Flatbush Avenue, King's Highway, and Broadway. The first known European sightings of the island and its inhabitants were made by the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 and by the black Portuguese explorer Estaban Gomez in 1526. After the Englishman Henry Hudson, under the aegis of the Dutch East India Company, sailed by Manhattan in 1609, he returned home with good news and bad news. Like the other explorers before him, he hadn't been able to find a water route to the Orient. He had, however, returned with maps (confiscated by the British) and beaver pelts. With that, it became clear that the region around the bay that would take Hudson's name was a very promising new territory for trade and settlement, which would become a serious bone of contention between the Dutch and the British for the rest of the century. 1626 was also the year that the famous "purchase" of Manhattan took place, a transaction for which no record has survived. Peter Minuit, the Director-General of New Amsterdam, paid out sixty guilders' worth of trade goods like cloth, kettles, tools, and wampum-an amount that's come down in history as being worth $24. While that sounds perversely low today, accountant types like to speculate with this amount, if the Lenni-Lenapes had invested it at a 10% interest rate over the centuries, it would today be worth $117 quadrillion-enough to buy present-day Manhattan many, many times over. Many such purchases took place, but because Native Americans and Europeans had very different concepts of what it meant to "own" or "sell" land, misunderstandings-and violence-would frequently break out on both sides. Minor (and often unsubstantiated) thefts of property could ignite the colonists' wrath, resulting in such bloody skirmishes as the Pig War (1640) and the Peach Tree War (1655), named for the items allegedly stolen. When the West India Company, which presided over Dutch trade in the Americas, was created in 1621, the little settlement at the tip of Manhattan began to both grow and falter. When Willem Kieft arrived as director in 1638, it was already a sort of den of iniquity, full of "mischief and perversity," where residents were given over to smoking and drinking grog and beer. Under Kieft's reign, more land was acquired mostly through bloody, all-but-exterminating wars with the Native American population, whose numbers also dwindled at the hands of European-borne diseases. Ultimately, of course, conflict between England and the Netherlands across the Atlantic brought about changes that affected the New World and led to the English taking over New Amsterdam and renaming it New York City. Indeed, Dutch possessions in North America only lasted about 50 years, but by then, they had paved a path for New York to become a diverse financial center. New Amsterdam: The History of the Dutch Settlement Before It Became New York City chronicles the origins of the settlement and profiles the indigenous people who were there. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about New Amsterdam like never before, in no time at all.