North American Exploration

by Bowman, John S.; Gotay, Michael

ISBN13: 9780785822585

ISBN10: 0785822585

Format: Hardcover

Pub. Date: 2009-01-21

Publisher(s): Castle Books

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Summary

North American Exploration provides a unique one-stop resource for essential information on every major explorer, expedition, and event involved in the discovery and exploration of North America, as well as hundreds of lesser-known exploits, verified and unverified pre-Columbian landfalls, and Native peoples. Comprehensive coverage includes: Lewis and Clark, Cabeza de Vaca, Roald Amundsen, John Franklin, Matthew Henson, Estevanico, Saint Brendan, Louise Arner Boyd, Frederick Cook, Eusebio Kino, Juan de Onate, Northwest Passage Quest, Alleged Pre-Columbian Contacts, Vinland and the Norse, Jacques Cartier, Roanoke Colony, Hernando de Soto, Verrazano, Sieur de La Salle, Jesuit Missionaries, Daniel Boone, Mackenzie's Artic Voyage, Oregon Trail, Fremont the Pathfinder Pacific Railroad Surveys, John Wesley Powell, Disease and Explorers, 1899 Harriman Expedition. Book jacket.

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