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The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America

by Samuel Eliot Morison · 1978

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An abridgement of the two-volume work, The European Discovery of America, which describes the early voyages that led to the discovery of the New World.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
American historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
USAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 784 pages

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