First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Taylor & Francis Ltd .

Jared Diamond is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel. He is Professor of Geography at UCLA and has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. Rebecca Stefoff is the author of numerous books for young readers on subjects including animals, exploration, famous people, geography, history, science and inventions.

This book has the following chapters: Chapter One: First to Reach America; The Peopling of the Americas; A Diversity of Cultures; Features:; Ancient Bones of Kennewick Man; Chapter Two: The Age of Exploration; Vikings in Vinland; Into Atlantic Waters; Spain Gambles on Columbus; Features:; The Saga of the First Sighting; Columbus Reports on His Voyage; Chapter Three: Colonies and Conquistadors; The First European Colonies; The Conquistadors; The Columbian Exchange; Features:; A Conquistador Remembers (journals); Chapter Four: Into North America; The Elusive Northwest Passage; The Quest Continues; First Footholds; Features:; Cabot's Discoveries; New England in California?; Chapter Five: Adventurers and Pilgrims; The Jamestown Colony; The Plymouth Colony; Colonists and Native Americans; Features:; Pocahontas: Fact or Fiction?; Chapter Six: New Netherland, New France, and New Spain; France Advances into the Interior; The Dutch Claim; The Spanish Borderlands; Features:; The Norse Return to America; A Survivor's Story (journal); Timeline; Glossary; Primary Source List; For More Information; Index.