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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-100593093828
ISBN-139780593093825
eBay Product ID (ePID)9050071595
Product Key Features
Book TitleWhat Was the Age of Exploration?
Number of Pages112 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
TopicEarth Sciences / Geography, History / Europe, Adventure & Adventurers, History / Exploration & Discovery
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction, Science
AuthorCatherine Daly, Who HQ, Jake Murray
Book SeriesWhat Was? Ser.
FormatDigest Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight4.4 Oz
Item Length7.6 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2021-933017
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromThird Grade
Grade ToSeventh Grade
Dewey Decimal910.9
SynopsisWhich of these facts are true? Ferdinand Magellan died before his crew completed their journey around the world, One Spanish explorer was welcomed into an Aztec city with gifts of gold, Some sailors got a disease called scurvy that made their teeth fall out, All of the above! Find out more in this illustrated book! Book jacket., Land ho! Discover what the Age of Exploration was all about in this wonderful addition to the bestselling Who HQ series! Before the fifteenth century, European sailors were unsure what waited for them beyond their well-known travel routes around the Mediterranean Sea, so they kept within sight of land. But all of that changed after Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal started sending ships down the coast in the hope of finding a sea route to India and Africa. This was the beginning of a giant leap toward understanding what the globe actually looked like. Certain European nations grew rich and powerful from the New World gold and lands they claimed, while advanced, long-standing civilizations like the Aztecs and Incas were destroyed in the cruelest of ways. This book also features the fun black-and-white illustrations and engaging 16-page photo insert that readers have come love about the What Was? series!, Land ho Discover what the Age of Exploration was all about in this wonderful addition to the bestselling Who HQ series Before the fifteenth century, European sailors were unsure what waited for them beyond their well-known travel routes around the Mediterranean Sea, so they kept within sight of land. But all of that changed after Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal started sending ships down the coast in the hope of finding a sea route to India and Africa. This was the beginning of a giant leap toward understanding what the globe actually looked like. Certain European nations grew rich and powerful from the New World gold and lands they claimed, while advanced, long-standing civilizations like the Aztecs and Incas were destroyed in the cruelest of ways. This book also features the fun black-and-white illustrations and engaging 16-page photo insert that readers have come love about the What Was? series