to 1810

Chronicles the adventures of seventeenth-century privateer Captain Henry Morgan and his crew as they traveled through the Caribbean raiding ports and attacking Spanish ships in the name of England.

Identifies and explains the similarities and differences between the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, describing their process of colonization, colonial societies, distinctive styles of imperial government, and independence movements against them.

Profiles ten extremely significant events that took place in the Americas up through the seventeenth century, from the first encounters with the Native Americans to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692; each profile includes an introductory survey, an interpretive essay, an illustration, and an annotated bibliography.

Uses a series of graphic organizers to describe the settlement of the Americas, and examines the first people to inhabit the regions, Native American populations, European exploration and expansion, the early English colonies, the slave trade, and more.

Provides information on the ancient civilizations of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca peoples of Central and South America, and the Arctic and Native American Indian cultures of the North.

Examines one group of Indians, that some historians suggest may have taken in the residents of the famous lost colony of Roanoke, who mysteriously disappeared in 1590.

Examines aspects of the everyday lives of early American peoples, including the Aztec, Maya, and Inca peoples of Central and South America, and the Arctic and Native American Indian cultures of the North; and includes photographs, illustrations, maps, timelines, and activities.

Now a full member of the "Aurora" crew, Davy Shea assists his uncle, Captain Hunter, in the search for Jack Steele as the pirate king's plundering grows ever more intense.

When British officers are held for ransom on Tortuga, Captain Hunter sends Davy Shea on a secret mission to help rescue them.

Chronicles the history of the European settlement of North American between 1492 and 1763 and includes information on key explorers, African slaves, and Native Americans who fought unsuccessfully to keep their land and way of life.