New Lands, New Men

By William H. Goetzmann,

Book cover of New Lands, New Men: America and the Second Great Age of Discovery

Book description

In New Lands, New Men, the third volume in his award-winning Exploration Trilogy, one of America’s leading historians tells the dramatic story of three centuries of exploration that witnessed Europeans exploring the Pacific and Northwest, Americans setting out across their own immense continent, and finally, Americans exploring new worlds: the…

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked New Lands, New Men as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A few days out of high school, I found myself on a forest fire crew at the North Rim of Grand Canyon, and returned for 15 seasons. The more I pondered the Canyon, the more I wanted to learn about why this strange landscape was valued, which led me to William Goetzmann, who became my grad school advisor.

New Lands, New Men is the third and final volume of a trilogy Goetzmann wrote on the theme. (His second book, Exploration and Empire, won a Pulitzer.) It’s a bit looser, willing to play with the material, and full of the…

From Stephen's list on the history of exploration.

Want books like New Lands, New Men?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like New Lands, New Men.

Browse books like New Lands, New Men

Book cover of The Establishment of the European Hegemony, 1415-1715: Trade and Exploration in the Age of the Renaissance
Book cover of The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America
Book cover of This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age

Share your top 3 reads of 2024!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,206

readers submitted
so far, will you?

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in explorers, territorial expansion, and exploration?

Explorers 111 books
Exploration 48 books