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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

LC Classification NumberG175.D25 2021