224 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. ; 33 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Continent revealed -- Beginnings -- New world found -- To the shores of Cathay -- Mainland discovered -- Foundations of a French empire -- Wanderings in the wilderness -- Shores of the South Sea -- no passage but an empire -- French in Florida -- Fact and fantasy -- Northern Passage -- New Albion -- Plantation at Roanoke Island -- Six months of winter -- Harbors for ships and men -- Excursions from the Chesapeake -- Hudson finds his river -- Searchers to the north -- Short route to China by way of the river -- Towards the Pole Articke -- First steps inland -- Seeking furs and lost souls -- Finding the Mississippi -- West from Carolina -- Island no more -- Ascending the Missouri -- Explorer's myths- sea of the west -- Explorer's myths- river of the west -- Searching for an illusion -- Extream part of America -- Russian discovery of America -- Russian discovery of America -- Crossing the mountains -- Exploring on company time -- Spain moves north -- West Coast defined -- North West explorations -- Hudson's Bay Company responds -- No passage to India -- Internal parts of Louisiana -- Quest for fur -- Explorations in Russian Alaska -- Revealing of Artic America -- Flanks of the British Northland -- Sources of the Mississippi -- Exploring the emigrant trails -- Southwest military surveys -- Great Salt Lake -- Pacific Railroad surveys -- Exploring a prairie -- Great western surveys -- Final frontier- North -- Ongoing frontier -- Map catalog -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Summary
Presents a collection of original maps and historic illustrations to document the exploration of North America.
