Including photographs, maps, fact boxes, and Web sites, this book tells of the history of North American discovery and exploration and of explorers, such as Christopher Columbus and Lewis and Clark.

Christopher Colombus -- Juan Ponce de Leon -- Panfilo de Narvaez -- Cibola -- Jacques Carter -- Samuel de Champlain -- Joliette and Marquette -- La Salle -- John and Sebastian Cabot -- Martin Frobisher -- Henry Hudson -- John Smith -- Daniel Boone -- Lewis and Clark -- Jedediah Smith -- Alexander Mackenzie.