John Cabot: The Ongoing Search for a Westward Passage to Asia

by Marian Rengel

Book Overview

Young people will be absorbed in this story about a Genoese-born navigator who sailed to Newfoundland in command of a British ship in 1497. One year later, he sailed again in search of the Northwest Passage to Asia but failed to return. An engaging tale, this biography of Cabot's life is filled with interesting details and firsthand accounts of the isolation of life at sea.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823936260
• ISBN13: 9780823936267
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Rosen Central
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8