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    Explorers of the New World: Discover the Golden Age of Exploration With 22 Projects
    Explorers of the New World: Discover the Golden Age of Exploration With 22 Projects
    Explorers of the New World: Discover the Golden Age of Exploration With 22 Projects
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    Explorers of the New World: Discover the Golden Age of Exploration With 22 Projects

    By Carla Mooney and Tom Casteel

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    Explorers of the New World: Discover the Golden Age of Exploration offers a fascinating look at the explorers and their voyages during the Age of Exploration and Discovery. Readers ages 9–12 can delve into the expeditions of Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, John Cabot, Hernán Cortés, and more. Using common household items and minimal supervision, kids enjoy 22 hands-on activities to help them learn about these legendary explorers and their voyages. Discover how the adventures of a few people 500 years ago changed world history.

    Projects include creating and using a compass, learning to tie a sailor's knot, and baking and eating sea biscuits. Along with detailed, step-by-step instructions for each project, Explorers of the New World includes biographical sidebars, engaging illustrations, interesting facts, and vocabulary words that allow kids to experience this era in a fun, interactive way.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNomad Press
    Release dateJul 1, 2011
    ISBN9781936313785
    Explorers of the New World: Discover the Golden Age of Exploration With 22 Projects
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    Carla Mooney

    Carla Mooney has written more than 70 books for children and young adults. She is an award-winning author of several books for Nomad Press, including The Chemistry of Food, The Physics of Fun, The Human Body and The Human Genome: Mapping the Blueprint of Human Life, and Globalization: Why We Care about Faraway Events. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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      Explorers of the New World - Carla Mooney

      Nomad Press is committed to preserving ancient forests and natural resources. We elected to print Explorers of the New World on 4,007 lbs. of Williamsburg Recycled 30% offset.

      Nomad Press made this paper choice because our printer, Sheridan Books, is a member of Green Press Initiative, a nonprofit program dedicated to supporting authors, publishers, and suppliers in their efforts to reduce their use of fiber obtained from endangered forests. For more information, visit www.greenpressinitiative.org

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      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review or for limited educational use. The trademark Nomad Press and the Nomad Press logo are trademarks of Nomad Communications, Inc.

      This book was manufactured by Sheridan Books,

      Ann Arbor, MI USA.

      July 2011, Job #327482

      ISBN: 978-1-936313-43-3

      Illustrations by Tom Casteel

      Educational Consultant, Marla Conn

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      CONTENTS

      Timeline

      Introduction

      Exploring in the Age of Discovery

      Chapter 1

      Searching for a Water Route to Asia

      Chapter 2

      Voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus

      Chapter 3

      Searching for the Northwest Passage, John Cabot

      Chapter 4

      Circling the Globe, Ferdinand Magellan

      Chapter 5

      The Spanish Conquistadors

      Chapter 6

      Journeys Inland

      Glossary

      Resources

      Index

      Timeline: The Golden Age of Exploration

      1002

      Leif Erikson discovers North America.

      1271-95

      Marco Polo journeys to China, establishing the overland trade route.

      1405

      Admiral Zheng begins his voyages for China.

      His fleet rules the South Pacific and Indian Ocean until 1433.

      1419

      Prince Henry the Navigator establishes a naval observatory for teaching navigation, astronomy, and cartography.

      1420

      Portuguese navigators discover and settle the Madeiras, a group of islands 400 miles off the northwest coast of Africa.

      1434

      One of Prince Henry’s captains, Gil Eanes, rounds Cape Bojador on the northwest coast of Africa.

      1441

      Portuguese begin Atlantic slave trade.

      1453

      Turks overrun Constantinople, shutting off the overland trade route to China. Prices for spices and silks soar.

      1488

      Bartolomeau Dias lands at the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip of Africa.

      1492

      Christopher Columbus sets sail on his first voyage and claims the Caribbean for Spain.

      1493

      Columbus returns from his first voyage and sets sail on his second voyage to the New World in September.

      1494

      The Treaty of Tordesillas divides the world between Spain and Portugal.

      1497

      John Cabot sets out from England to find a shorter western route across the Atlantic Ocean to the Indies. He discovers Newfoundland and the North American continent. Vasco da Gama sails from Portugal and rounds the Cape of Good Hope.

      1498

      Da Gama reaches India and establishes an important trade route for Portugal.

      Columbus sets out on his third voyage to the New World. Cabot sails on his second voyage to North America.

      1500

      Pedro Álvares Cabral gets lost in a storm and lands in Brazil, on the east coast of South America.

      1502

      Columbus sails on his fourth and final voyage to the New World.

      1506

      Columbus dies in Spain.

      1513

      Ponce de León lands in Florida.

      1519

      Ferdinand Magellan begins his journey to circumnavigate the world. Hernán Cortés leads an expedition to find the rich Aztec kingdom in Mexico.

      1521

      Magellan reaches the Philippines. Combining this trip west with an earlier trip east to the Philippines, he becomes the first man to sail around the world. On April 27, Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines.

      1522

      On September 6, Magellan’s crew returns on one ship, with just 18 having completed the voyage to circumnavigate the world.

      1526-27

      Francisco Pizarro sails on his second voyage down the coast of South America.

      1532

      Pizarro captures the Inca ruler, Atahualpa.

      1535

      Jacques Cartier sails up the St. Lawrence River and claims the land for France.

      1539

      Hernando de Soto begins exploration of the southeastern United States, killing and enslaving the local people.

      1540

      Francisco de Coronado travels in the southwestern United States, looking for the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola.

      1541

      Cartier founds France’s first colony in the New World and names it Charlesbourg-Royal.

      Pizarro is murdered in Peru. De Soto becomes the first European to see the Mississippi River.

      1577-80

      Sir Francis Drake sails from England and circumnavigates the globe.

      1604

      Samuel de Champlain sails from France to start a settlement in Acadia, Maine.

      1607

      Henry Hudson attempts to find the Northwest Passage by sailing across the North Pole.

      1608

      Champlain founds present-day Quebec City, in Canada.

      1609

      Hudson explores present-day New York and the Hudson River, claiming both for the Dutch.

      1610

      Hudson’s crew mutinies and sets him adrift in a rowboat. Hudson is never seen again.

      Introduction

      Exploring in the Age of Discovery

      Since the dawn of time, humans have been exploring the unknown. Their reasons have been many—to find new sources of food, spread a religion, or trade goods. The excitement of discovery inspired the explorers and the people who helped them.

      In the early 1400s, much of the world was a mystery to Europeans. Maps of lands beyond the horizon were crude at best. Yet curiosity was fueled by stories told by travelers to the Far East and armies returning from war. At the same time, improvements in shipbuilding and navigation were making it possible for explorers to travel longer and farther than ever before. It was the dawn of the Age of Exploration and Discovery.

      horizon: the line in the distance where the land or sea seems to meet the sky.

      Far East: area including East and Southeast Asia.

      navigation: method of finding your way and figuring out your location.

      Age of Exploration and Discovery: a period in history from the early 1400s to the early 1600s, when Europeans explored and mapped the world.

      Beginning in the 1400s and lasting into the 1600s, the Age of Discovery was an exciting time for Europe. The kings and queens of Europe sent explorers sailing into the unknown to find new trading routes, conquer new lands, or bring back gold. Many times, the explorers got lost and found something completely unexpected.

      With each voyage, Europe’s knowledge of the world grew. The unknown became clearer as the New World was explored and mapped.

      trading route: a route used to carry goods from one place to be sold in another.

      New World: North and South America.

      legendary: famous.

      Americas: the land and islands of North, South, and Central America.

      In this book you’ll learn about the legendary explorers and voyages. You’ll learn some history of the time in which the explorers lived and interesting facts about the people and places around them. You’ll also read about the discovery of the Americas.

      Most of the projects in this book can be made with little adult supervision, using materials you already have at home or can easily find at a craft store. So get ready to step back in time and discover the men who were the explorers of the New World and the kings and queens who sent them on their journeys!

      Chapter 1

      Searching for a Water Route to Asia

      In the 1400s, spices, silk, and gold lured European traders east to Asia, a region they called the Indies. Cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and pepper were very popular in Europe. Spices preserved meats and

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