The European discovery of America: the northern voyages, A.D. 500-1600 / Samuel Eliot Morison

New York: Oxford University Press, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xviii, 712 pages: illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Contents: The mysterious ocean -- St. Brendan and the Irish A.D. 400-600 -- The Norsemen and Vinland c. 800-1400 -- Flyaway islands and the false voyages 1100-1492 -- English ships and seamen 1490-1600 -- John Cabot's voyages 1497-1498 -- Voyages to the Labrador and Newfoundland 1500-1536 -- The French maritime background 1453-1590 -- The voyages of Verrazzano 1524-1528 -- Gomez and Ayll�n 1524-1530 -- Cartier's first voyage 1534 -- Cartier's second voyage 1535-1536 -- The search for Saguenay 1538-1536 -- England, France, and the northwest 1553-1600 -- Queen Elizabeth and her master mariners -- Frobisher's second and third voyages 1577-1578 -- Hakluyt and Gilbert 1578-1585 -- The northern voyages of John Davis 1585-1587 -- The first Virginia colony 1585-1586 -- The second Virginia colony 1587-?. Subjects: America Exploration.America Discovery and exploration. America Discovery and exploration Pre-Columbian. America Discovery and exploration European. Voyages and travels.