Essays on the history of North American discovery and exploration / by David B. Quinn ... [et al.] ; introduction by Howard R. Lamar ; edited by Stanley H. Palmer and Dennis Reinhartz.

Essays on the history of North American discovery and exploration / by David B. Quinn ... [et al.] ; introduction by Howard R. Lamar ; edited by Stanley H. Palmer and Dennis Reinhartz.

Publication Date
1988

Publication Information
College Station, Tex. : Published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A&M University Press,

Volume
no. 21

Physical Description
xiii, 140 p.

Geographic Term
America -- Discovery and exploration.
 
North America -- Discovery and exploration.
 
North America -- Description and travel.

Series
WALTER PRESCOTT WEBB MEMORIAL LECTURES;
 
WALTER PRESCOTT WEBB MEMORIAL LECTURES. ;

Additional Contributors
Quinn, David B.
 
Palmer, Stanley H.
 
Reinhartz, Dennis.

Summary
This volume encompasses four centuries in the discovery and exploration of North America—-the great roadblock to the Orient—-and focuses on a theme of interaction between the Old World and the New.

Language
English

ISBN
9780890963739


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult NFic NL Ref - VaultAdult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault970.01 ES7NonCirculating