Describes the adventures of the European explorers who came to Northeastern America focusing on their voyages, expeditions, and search for gold and fur, and includes their hardships and achievements.

Prologue: who found it? -- Leif Ericson: in the days of the Vikings (c. 1000) -- John Cabot: changing the map of Canada (1496-98) -- Giovanni da Verrazano: mapping the east coast (1524-28) -- Martin Frobisher: looking for the passage west (1576-78) -- Humphrey Gilbert and the almost colony (1578-83) -- John Davis: a path through the Arctic (1585-87) -- Henry Hudson and the four voyages (1607-11) -- Epilogue: what did they find? -- Important events in the exploration of northeastern America -- Major dates in the search for the Northwest Passage.