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Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan
Contributor(s): Fritz, Jean (Author)

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ISBN: 0698116380     ISBN-13: 9780698116382
Publisher: Puffin Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 1998
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Annotation: These ten true tales of 15th-century explorers bring history to life, with accounts of the exploits of Christopher Columbus, Bartholomew Diaz, Ponce de Leon, and others.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Exploration & Discovery
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers
Dewey: 910.922
LCCN: 92027042
Age Level: 8-12
Grade Level: 3-7
Lexile Measure: 1050(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 7.01" W x 8.85" L (0.61 lbs) 128 pages
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 106603
Reading Level: 6.8   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 4.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Newbery-Honor winning author, Jean Fritz, brings history to life once again in 10 true tales of 15th-century European explorers

True tales of our world's greatest 15th century explorers, from Bartholomew Diaz and Christopher Columbus to Juan Ponce de Leon and Vasco Nunez de Balboa, are fascinatingly portrayed, complimented with the softly shaded pencil illustrations of Anthony Bacon Venti. Readers are led through a one-hundred-year period when Europeans explored the world and mapped the globe, while selfishly feeding their own curiosity and greed along the way. Fritz includes astounding details, which provide young readers with an expanded understanding of events and the idiosyncrasies of these colorful characters. Venti's maps clarify the explorers' routes. Count on Jean Fritz to breathe life into these true tales of the Old World's fifteen most extraordinary explorers. It is history written in a refreshingly new way.

While presenting the salient facts, Fritz approaches them with playful irreverence; accordingly, the frequently traveled material can seem refreshingly new.--Publisher's Weekly

 
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