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Publisher
A&E Television Network
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After Columbus discovered America, explorers came from all corners of the world to reap untold riches, seek new routes to the Far East, and gain the most elusive glory of all--a place in history. A sweeping saga of bravery, cruelty and pure folly, these are the stories of adventurers who stopped at nothing to conquer an unknown land and its peoples. Led by legendary cities of gold and mythical passages to China, foiled by international intrigue and...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, nothing could prepare Dora for her biggest challenge yet: High School. When her parents mysteriously disappear while searching for the Lost City of Gold, Dora must swing into action and lead a group of ill-equipped high schoolers on a quest to save them. It is a high stakes mission as Dora and her new friends navigate the jungle, outrun treasure hunters and solve ancient puzzles...
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows a pioneering American team's ground-breaking attempts to decipher the legendary explorer's last diary. By digging out these forgotten pages, they began an incredible journey inside the mind of this extraordinary 19th-century adventurer. The original pages contain a secret, hidden until now, is it possible that Livingstone, a crusader for the abolition of slavery, worked with slaves?
4) The revenant
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by true events, an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald. Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption.
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 408 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From 1964-1970, Fess Parker portrayed American Statesman Daniel Boone. For the first time, these classic episodes are collected in these unique 2-disc set personally compiled by Fess Parker and Ed Ames.
6) Explorers
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In their makeshift laboratory, three boys use an amazing discovery and their ingenuity to build their own spaceship and launch themselves on a fantastic interplanetary journey.
7) Prometheus
Language
English
Formats
Description
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of human beings on Earth, which leads them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe, where they must fight to ensure the future of the human race.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Five hundred years before Columbus landed on the shores of North America, Norse explorer Leif Ericson and the Vikings sailed from Greenland to a new land sighted farther west. In the early 1960s, archeologist Anne Stine Ingstad rewrote history when she made the remarkable discovery of Vinland, a Viking settlement on the northern tip of Newfoundland. Travel back to the Dark Ages to relive the story of one of the greatest explorers of all time.
Publisher
Shout! Factory Kids
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Sacha, a young girl from the Russian aristocracy, dreams of the Great North and anguishes over the fate of her grandfather, Oloukine, a renowned scientist and Arctic explorer who has yet to return from his latest expedition to conquer the North Pole. Sacha has always been fascinated by the adventurous life of her grandfather and has the same calling to be an explorer. Sacha flees her home and launches an adventure-filled quest toward the Great North...
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (1,200 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Indians, just before and during the Revolutionary War.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Once upon a time, Dora and Boots went exploring in Fairytale Land. When Boots eats an enchanted banana and falls under a mean witch's spell, Dora must set out on her toughest adventure yet - she needs your help to become la Princesa Dora to save Sleeping Boots. Help her find the Dragon's Red Ring, teach the Giant's rocks to sing, turn winter into spring, and bring the moon to the Queen and King - all while watching out for the witch! Preschools will...
12) The fountain
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Past, present, future. Through time and space, one man embarks on a bold 1,000-year odyssey to defeat humankind's most indomitable foe: Death. Tom is a man who is devoted to one woman, Izzi, and becomes determined to protect her from forces that threaten her existence. His quest leads him to 16th century Europe and America where Tomas is a Spanish explorer searching for Incan magic; to the present day where Tom is a doctor...
Publisher
[Broad Green Pictures]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the twentieth century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region.
Publisher
TMW Media Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Travel back in time and trace the life of Daniel Boone. This program follows Boone's experience in the campaign of General Edward Braddock against the French in 1755 and his meeting then with John Finley. Follow Finley as he journeys to find Daniel Boone, and continues as they along with others enter what would become Kentucky.
Publisher
TMW Media Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Travel back in time and trace the life of Daniel Boone. This program begins with Boone's first attempt to settle Kentucky. It follows Boones fortunes with the Transylvania Compnay as it purchases from the Cherokee at Sycamore Shoals all the lands of central Kentucky and ends with the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.
16) Tracks
Publisher
Starz Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It tells the remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson, a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert. Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan who begins to photograph her voyage.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, black and white. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A recreation of one of the most famous episodes in journalism, the search of reporter Henry Stanley of the New York Herald for Dr. David Livingstone in the heart of darkest Africa.
Publisher
Arrow Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
4 Blu-rays (690 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Gamera, the giant monster: A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a strange sympathetic link to the monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage.
Gamera vs. Barugon: After a treacherous expedition to retrieve a giant opal, disaster strikes as the opal...
Publisher
TMW Media Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Travel back in time to the battleground that was the Kentucky frontier. Trace the life Daniel Boone from his birth until his death in 1820. This program focuses on the period of the American Revolution and shows that Daniel Boone was an ordinary man living in extraordinary times who was destined to settle and defend the wilderness of Kentucky.
Publisher
TMW Media Group
Pub. Date
[2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Travel back in time to the battleground that was the Kentucky frontier. Trace the life of Daniel Boone from his birth until his death in 1820. This program focuses on Daniel Boone's service during the American Revolution through his death in 1820.
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