Fascinating Facts In Columbus’s day “the Indies” was the term A Whole New World that people in Europe used for lands such as India, China, and Japan. Columbus was born in Italy, yet it was Spain that paid for his voyages. In 1507 a German mapmaker wrote “America” in honor of Amerigo Vespucci on one of his maps. People in Europe started to use this new name for the country. Genre Nonfiction Comprehension Skill Cause and Effect Text Features Glossary Captions Illustrations Headings Scott Foresman Social Studies ISBN 0-328-14831-8 ì<(sk$m)=beidbi< +^-Ä-U-Ä-U by Barbara Fifer Explorers opened up a whole new world. In this book you will learn about some explorers what they did. Vocabulary explorer colony A Whole New World Write to It! Suppose that you are a colonist. Write a letter to your family telling about your adventures. Write your letter on a separate sheet of paper. fleet cargo conquer strait Photographs Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education. Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R) Background (Bkgd) by Barbara Fifer ISBN: 0-328-14831-8 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V0G1 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07

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