Fritz, Jean. Around the world in a hundred years : : from Henry the Navigator to Magellan / [electronic resource] / Jean Fritz ; illustrated by Anthony Bacon Venti.. — New York : : Scholastic,, c1994.. — 128 p. : : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-124) and index.

Before the explorers -- Prince Henry the Navigator - Bartholomew Diaz -- Christopher Columbus -- Vasco da Gama -- Pedro Alvares Cabral -- John Cabot -- Amerigo Vespucci -- Juan Ponce de León -- Vasco Núñez de Balboa -- Ferdinand Magellan -- After Magellan.



Анотація:
Examines the great wave of European exploration during the fifteenth century which resulted in more accurate maps.

ISBN: 0590489100 9780590489102

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Explorers--Juvenile literature.
Discoveries in geography--Juvenile literature.
Explorers.
Discoveries in geography.

LC Class. No.: G175 / .F75 1994