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DISCOVERY EXPLORATION

Discovery of the Americas

1492–1800

TOM SMITH

JOHN S. BOWMAN and MAURICE ISSERMAN

General Editors

Discovery of the Americas, 1492–1800

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Smith, Tom.

Discovery of the Americas, 1492–1800 / Tom Smith.

p. cm.—(Discovery and exploration)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8160-5262-X

1. America—Discovery and exploration—Juvenile literature. 2. Explorers—

America—History—Juvenile literature. 3. Explorers—America—Biography—

Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series.

E101.S65 2005

909'.09812—dc22

2004016155

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To Laraine Smith, my mother,

for a lifetime of keeping the faith in good things

and

To Terry Masai, for reading to me when I was a boy

and so much more.

—T. S.

Tom Smith, John S. Bowman, Maurice Isserman - Discovery Of The Americas, 1492-1800 (2005).pdf