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Product Identifiers

PublisherAbdo Publishing Company

ISBN-10159679741X

ISBN-139781596797413

eBay Product ID (ePID)27038789967

Product Key Features

Book TitleHenry Hudson

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

TopicBiography & Autobiography / Historical, History / Exploration & Discovery

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorKristin Petrie

Book SeriesExplorers Set 2 Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width8.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2005-017127

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromThird Grade

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Grade ToSixth Grade

Dewey Decimal910/.92 B

SynopsisYoung readers chart a course for adventure in this colorful series. Travel with Daniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap, sail with Jacques Cousteau aboard the Calypso, map the Rocky Mountains with John C. Fremont, and much more as daring explorers discover what lay beyond the next mountain, river, or ocean.- Colorful images bring these exciting men to life- Detailed maps illustrate each explorer's journeys- Discussion questions promote further reading- Full-color Photographs- Maps- Discussion Questions- Timeline- Index- Bolded Glossary Terms in Text, Young readers chart a course for adventure in this colorful series. Travel with Daniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap, sail with Jacques Cousteau aboard the Calypso, map the Rocky Mountains with John C. Fremont, and much more as daring explorers discover what lay beyond the next mountain, river, or ocean. - Colorful images bring these exciting men to life - Detailed maps illustrate each explorer's journeys - Discussion questions promote further reading - Full-color Photographs - Maps - Discussion Questions - Timeline - Index - Bolded Glossary Terms in Text, Young readers chart a course for adventure in this colorful series. Travel with Daniel Boone through the Cumberland Gap, sail with Jacques Cousteau aboard the Calypso, map the Rocky Mountains with John C. Fremont, and much more as daring explorers discover what lay beyond the next mountain, river, or ocean.- Colorful images bring these exciting men, This biography introduces young readers to the life of Englishman Henry Hudson. Readers learn that Hudson's grandfather helped form the Muscovy Company and that Hudson himself later sailed for the Muscovy Company, trying to find a passage to Asia through the North Pole. Hudson's family life and work as a cabin boy are also discussed, as well as his voyage with John Davis to the Canadian Arctic. Through engaging text, readers learn that Hudson's goal was to find a shorter route from Europe to Asia through the Arctic Ocean. His attempts to find a northwest passage to Asia while working for the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company are explained. Readers also discover that on his final voyage, Hudson was the victim of a mutiny and left to die in the Hudson Bay. The book explains that Hudson's discoveries led to Dutch and English colonization of North America and that today a strait, a bay, and a river are named after Hudson. The book also introduces the idea that Hudson's North American discoveries led other explorers to discover a Northwest Passage. Full-color photos, an index, a timeline, a map, discussion questions, bold glossary terms, and phonetics accompany easy-to-read text and allow readers to follow Hudson's many brave voyages.

LC Classification NumberE129.H8P48 2006