{"product_id":"the-european-discovery-of-america-the-southern-voyages-14921616-9780192159458","title":"The European Discovery of America the Southern Voyages 1492-1616","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe late Samuel Eliot Morison  a former U.S. Navy admiral  was also one of Americas premier historians. Combining a first-hand knowledge of the sea and transatlantic travel with a brilliantly readable narrative style  he produced what has become nothing less than the definitive account of the great age of European exploration. In his riveting and richly illustrated saga  Morison offers a comprehensive account of all the known voyages by Europeans to the New World from 500 A.D. to the seventeenth century. Together  the two volumes of The European Discovery of America tell the compelling stories of the many intrepid explorers who made what was then a journey frought with danger-figures as diverse as Leif Ericsson  Columbus  John Cabot  Jacques Cartier  Martin Frobisher  Magellan  Sir Walter Raleigh  and Sir Francis Drake to name but a few. They also follow the adventures of lesser-known but no less interesting mariners and offer a detailed look at those who set them forth on their travels. In the first volume  The Northern Voyages-winner of the prestigious Bancroft Prize for History-Morison re-creates the lives and perilous times of those who claimed to have seen the shores of North America in the 600 years after the Norsemen first landed. He brings to his account a rare immediacy  making the drama and unpredictability of their voyages as significant in relation to the people of their era as the astronauts journeys have been for our own times. Morison also offers a fascinating look at the imaginary lands reported by early travelers (such mythical places as Antilia and the Seven Cities  the glorious Kingdoms of Norumbega and Saguenay  and Hy-Brasil the Isle of the Blest) and examines as well the alleged discoverers of these lands. With warmth and wit he distinguishes fact from fiction  and imaginary explorers and their exploits from actual men and events. In the second volume  Morison turns his attention to the naviga\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45272562204725,"sku":"ByrdShop_0192159453","price":97.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780192159458.jpg?v=1780481719","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-european-discovery-of-america-the-southern-voyages-14921616-9780192159458","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}