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Cartier : Jacques Cartier in search of the Northwest Passage

Author: Jean F Blashfield
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, ©2002.
Series: Exploring the world.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : Elementary and junior high school : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Provides an account of Cartier's journey to discover a water route between France and China in the 1500s. Presents a brief description of the life and explorations of Cartier, who made three voyages to what is today known as Canada, in search of a northwest passage to China. Students will learn the geographic, economic, and religious reasons that brought the explorers and settlers to unfamiliar regions; their  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Juvenile literature
Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Biography Juvenile literature
Biographies Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Named Person: Jacques Cartier; Jacques Cartier; Jacques Cartier
Material Type: Biography, Elementary and junior high school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jean F Blashfield
ISBN: 0756501229 9780756501228
OCLC Number: 46590006
Description: 48 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: After Columbus --
The Grand Banks --
The making of a navigator --
The first voyage --
Return visit --
The royal mountain --
The terrible winter --
The years pass in France --
The Roberval colony --
The future Cartier made.
Series Title: Exploring the world.
Responsibility: by Jean F. Blashfield.

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Provides an account of Cartier's journey to discover a water route between France and China in the 1500s. Presents a brief description of the life and explorations of Cartier, who made three voyages to what is today known as Canada, in search of a northwest passage to China. Students will learn the geographic, economic, and religious reasons that brought the explorers and settlers to unfamiliar regions; their problems, their goals and accomplishments, as well as their fears and superstitions.

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