Picture the Past: The Exploration of North America

Historical Coloring Book

Peter F. Copeland (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

48 Seiten

2023
Dover Publications Inc. (Verlag)
978-0-486-85225-6 (ISBN)

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Learn about the age of exploration across North America in this captivating book! Forty-five pages of finely detailed illustrations depict important historical events spanning centuries of discoveries that changed the world.

The dynamic drawings begin with the arrival of the Vikings in Vinland (ca. 1000), followed by dramatic scenes highlighting many famous expeditions led by Cabot, Champlain, Columbus, Cook, Coronado, Lewis and Clark, Jedediah Smith, and more. Each image is accompanied by a fact-filled descriptive caption and can be colored with pencils, pens, or crayons. Both educational and entertaining, this unique coloring book is sure to appeal to teachers, students, and history buffs ages 9 and up.

Peter F. Copeland (1927-2007) was a renowned freelance illustrator with a considerable reputation as a historical illustrator, marine archaeologist, merchant mariner, and consultant to the Smithsonian Institution. In the 1950s, Mr. Copeland worked at the Smithsonian as chief of the illustration department for the old Museum of History and Technology exhibitions. He also worked as a writer and historical researcher on exhibitions dealing with military aviation and ballooning history. Mr. Copeland wrote magazine articles and illustrated American history coloring books for Dover and other publishers from 1974 until 2006.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.12.2023
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 276 mm
Gewicht	170 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Spielen / Lernen ► Kreativität / Malen / Basteln
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-486-85225-3 / 0486852253
ISBN-13	978-0-486-85225-6 / 9780486852256
Zustand	Neuware