Showing posts with label Explorers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Explorers. Show all posts
From Sea to Shining Sea Supplements: Chapter 2
0 comments Posted by Kristine at 9/04/2010 06:14:00 AMThe Conquest or Arrival of Hernan Cortes in Veracruz by Diego Rivera
Hernán Cortes and the Aztecs
- The Ancient Aztecs (People of the Ancient World) by Liz Sonneborn
- History News: The Aztec News by Philip Steele
- Step Into: The Aztec and Maya World by Fiona McDonald
- How to Be An Aztec Warrior by Fiona McDonald
- The Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory and a Spanish Loss by Sally Schofer Mathews
- Montezuma and the Fall of the Aztecs by Eric A. Kimmel
- The Lost Temple of the Aztecs: What It Was Like When the Spaniards Invaded Mexico by Shelley Tanaka
- Hernando Cortes: Spanish Invader of Mexico (In the Footsteps of Explorers) by John Paul Zronik
- Trapped in Tenochtitlan: An Aztec Adventure by Eric Burnett
- Captain Cortes Conquers Mexico (Landmark) by William Johnson (OOP)
- Montezuma and the Conquest of Mexico by Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye (Google Books)
- Hernando Cortés, Conqueror of Mexico by Frederick Albion Ober
- Cortes, The Spanish in the Southwest by Rosa Viola Winterburn (Google Books)
- Hernando Cortes, Pioneers on Land and Sea by Charles Alexander McMurry (Google Books)
- Hernando Cortes, Discoverers and Explorers by Edward Richard Shaw (Google Books)
- DVD: In Search of History: The Aztec Empire, Conquistadors
- The Ancient Inca (People of the Ancient World) by Patricia Calvert
- Step Into: The Inca World by Philip Steele
- The Inca: Activities and Crafts from a Mysterious Land by Arlette N. Braman
- Macchu Picchu: The Story of the Amazing Inkas and Their City in the Clouds by Elizabeth Mann
- Francisco Pizarro: Journeys Through Peru and South America (In the Footsteps of Explorers) by John Paul Zronik
- Adventures and Conquests of Pizarro by George M. Towle (Google Books)
- Pizarro, Discoverers and Explorers by Edward Richard Shaw (Google Books)
- A Room Full of Gold (Pizarro), Colonial Children, Selections from Primary Source Accounts by Albert Hart (Google Books)
- DVD: In Search of History: Lost City of the Incas, Conquistadors
- Coronado: Francisco Vazquez de Coronado Explores the Southwest (Exploring the World series) by Robin Doak (preview here)
- DVD: Conquest of America
- de Soto Coloring Page
- Great Explorers Coloring Book (Bellerophon)
- Exploration of North America Coloring Book (Dover)
Labels: Explorers, History, Sea to Shining Sea, U.S. History
From Sea to Shining Sea Supplements: Chapter 1
0 comments Posted by Kristine at 9/04/2010 05:35:00 AMColumbus Taking Possession of the New Country
Brendan the Navigator, the Vikings, and Prince Henry the Navigator
- Saint Brendan And The Voyage Before Columbus by Michael McGrew and Marnie Litz
- Brendan the Navigator by Jean Fritz
- The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings
- The Vikings by John D. Clare
- Beowulf the Warrior (Living History Library) by Ian Serraillier
- Beorn the Proud by Madeleine Polland
- The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow by Allen French
- Leif the Lucky by Ingri and Edgar P. D'Aulaire
- Viking Tales by Jennie Hall (Google Books)
- Saga of a Wineland Baby by Hauk Erlendsson c. 1000 AD, Colonial Children, Selections from Primary Source Accounts by Albert Hart (Google Books)
- The Legends of the Northmen, Young Folks Book of American Explorers, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (Google Books)
- Prince Henry the Navigator by C. Raymond Beazley (Especially chapters 12-14, 17, 18; Google Books)
- Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus by Peter Sis
- Columbus by Edgar and Ingri D'Aulaire
- Christopher Columbus: Sailing To A New World (In the Footsteps of Explorers) by Adrianna Morganelli
- First Voyage to America: From the Log of the "Santa Maria" (Dover)
- Meet Christopher Columbus (Landmark Books) by James T. de Kay
- Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad
- Columbus and the New World (Vision Books) by August W. Derleth (OOP)
- The Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Landmark Books) by Armstrong Sperry (OOP)
- Throngs of Children to See Columbus (Journal Excerpt), Colonial Children, Selections from Primary Source Accounts by Albert Hart (Google Books)
- The First Explorations of Columbus (Journal Excerpt), Famous Explorers by Edwin Erle Sparks (Google Books)
- The Journal of Christopher Columbus (During His First Voygage 1492-93), Hakluyt Society (Google Books)
- The Story of Columbus by Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye (Google Books)
- Chapters 1-2 from The Evangelization of the New World
- DVD: Conquest of America, America Before Columbus, Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
Amerigo Vespucci, Ponce de León, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa
- Amerigo Vespucci, Discoverers and Explorers by Edward Richard Shaw (Google Books)
- Ponce de Leon, Discoverers and Explorers by Edward Richard Shaw (Google Books)
- Balboa, Discoverers and Explorers by Edward Richard Shaw (Google Books)
- The Name America (Vespucci) and How to Find An Ocean (Balboa), Colonial Children, Selections from Primary Source Accounts by Albert Hart (Google Books)
- Leif Ericson Coloring Page
- Columbus Discovers America Coloring Page
- Ponce de Leon Coloring Page
- Balboa Coloring Page
- Myths and Legends of the Vikings (Bellerophon)
- Great Explorers Coloring Book (Bellerophon)
- Exploration of North America Coloring Book (Dover)
Labels: Explorers, History, Sea to Shining Sea, U.S. History
Public Domain Books: Exploration and Discovery
0 comments Posted by Kristine at 7/31/2010 08:27:00 PMThe Knighting of Sir Walter Raleigh
Copies of any of the following can be ordered via the print-on-demand Espresso Book Machine at Third Place Books for around $9-13./book.
History Textbooks
- The Story of Old Europe and Young America by William Harrison Mace, Edwin Platt Tanner
- From the Old World to the New. How America Was Found and Settled by Marguerite Dickson
- American Leaders and Heroes: A Preliminary Textbook in United States History by Wilbur Fisk Gordy
- A First Course in American History: Discoverers, Explorers and Colonists by Jeannette Rector Hodgdon
- The Discovery of America, Vol. 1 by John Fiske
- The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known by Joseph Jacobs
- Discoverers and Explorers by Edward Richard Shaw
- Young Folks' Book of American Explorers by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (Utilizes extracts from the explorers' own narratives.)
- Stories of American Discoverers for Little Americans by Rose Lucia
- The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known by Joseph Jacobs
- The Spanish Pioneers by Charles Lummis
- Pioneers on Land and Sea: Stories of the Eastern States and of Ocean Explorers, Book One by Charles A. McMurry
- Pioneers of the Mississippi Valley, Book Two by Charles A. McMurry
- Pioneers of the Rocky Mountains and the West, Book Three by Charles A. McMurry
- Tales of the Pathfinders by Arthur Gilman
- Stories of Discovery Told by Discoverers by Edward E. Hale
- A Book of Famous Explorers by Edwin Erle Sparks
- Stories of American Explorers: A Historical Reader by Wilbur Fisk Gordy
- Old World Hero Stories by Eva March Tappan
- American Hero Stories by Eva March Tappan
- The Romance of Discovery: A Thousand Years of Exploration and the Unveiling of Continents by William Elliot Griffis
- The Making of the Great West: 1512-1883 by Samuel Adams Drake
- The Discovery of the Old Northwest and Its Settlement by the French by James Baldwin
- Marco Polo: His Adventures and Travels by George M. Towle
- Prince Henry the Navigator by C. Raymond Beazley
- Magellan, or, The First Voyage 'Round the World by George M. Towle
- Pizarro, His Adventures and Conquests by George M. Towle
- Drake: The Sea King of Devon by George M. Towle
- The Adventures of the Chevalier de La Salle and His Companions by John Stevens Cabot Abbott
- The Story of Columbus and Magellan by Thomas Bonaventure Lawler
Labels: Explorers, Google Books, History
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