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Explorers of the American East - Mapping the World through Primary Documents (Hardcover)
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Explorers of the American East - Mapping the World through Primary Documents (Hardcover)
Series: Mapping the World through Primary Documents
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Focusing on ten key figures whose careers illuminate the history of
the European exploration of North America, this book presents
compelling first-person narratives that bring to life the
challenges of historical scholarship in the academic classroom.
Explorers of the American East: Mapping the World through Primary
Documents covers 280 years of North American exploration and
colonization efforts, ranging geographically from Florida to the
Arctic. Arranged thematically and mononationally, the work focuses
on a selection of 10 explorers who represent the changing course of
North American exploration during the early modern period. The use
of biography to narrate this history draws in readers and makes the
work accessible to both a specialized and general audience. The
dozens of primary source documents in this guided source reader
span travel accounts, autobiographies, letters, official reports,
memoirs, patents, and articles of agreement. This wide variety of
primary sources serves to bring to life the failures and triumphs
of exploring a newly discovered continent in the early modern
period. This work focuses on ten explorers, including those who are
well known, including John Cabot, John Smith, Jacques Cartier, and
Samuel de Champlain, as well as discoverers who have slipped from
our modern historical consciousness, such as George Waymouth, John
Lawson, and J.F.W. Des Barres. The documents that narrate the
voyages of these adventurers are arranged chronologically, vividly
telling the story of historical events and presenting different
voices to the reader. This variety of viewpoints serves to heighten
readers' critical engagement with historical source material. The
vast variety of primary source materials present students with the
opportunity to read and engage critically with different types of
historical documents, thereby growing their analytical skillsets.
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