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1) Explorer
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Photographs and text examine the history of explorers and exploration, and highlight many of their discoveries.
6) Explorers
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the lives and accomplishments of such women known for their travels as Isabella Bird Bishop, Amelia Earhart, Mary Kingsley, Annie Smith Peck, Freya Stark, and Valentina Tereshkova.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces inspiring women whose passions for exploration made them push the boundaries, including Nellie Cashman, Annie Smith Peck, and Delia Julia Denning Akeley.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain in 1519, he believed he could get to the Spice Islands by sailing west through or around the New World. He was right, but what he didn't know was that the treacherous voyage would take him three years and cost him his life. Black-and-white line drawings illustrate Magellan's life and voyage, with sidebars and a time line that enhance readers' understanding of the period.
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
[1990]
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brief biographies emphasizing the voyages and discoveries of various explorers of the ancient world including Hanno of Carthage, Nehsi of Egypt, Pytheas of Greece, and Alexander the Great.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
107 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the Age of Exploration covers the nautical practices of fifteenth-century Europe, Henry the Navigator's fateful new sea routes, and the impact of European advancement on ancient civilizations.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
28 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Explains how the voyages of Columbus, Cabot, Ponce De Leon, and other European explorers to the American continents were the result of mistakes, accidents, and misses and discusses the explorers' cruel treatment of native peoples.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
63 pages, 17 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Extreme scientists battle some of the Earth's most intense conditions, from hurricanes to caves to the crowns of towering redwoods, in order to save lives, preserve species, and help us to better understand the way our planet works.
15) Amerigo Vespucci
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
[1991]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
137 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
An account of the historic adventures and achievements of the great British explorer and discoverer of Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific Ocean lands and peoples.
Author
Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
vii, 120 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Explorers of the New World: Discover the Golden Age of Exploration" offers a fascinating look at the explorers and their voyages during the Age of Exploration and Discovery. Readers ages 9-12 can delve into the expeditions of Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, John Cabot, Hernán Cortés, and more. Using common household items and minimal supervision, kids enjoy 22 hands-on activities to help them learn about these legendary...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
[1990]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of that Portuguese prince whose vision and whose school of navigation significantly affected all later explorers who charted the unknown.
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