Examines the physical geography and history of the people, land, and culture of Australia and the Pacific Islands and provides information on early European explorers, the Australian Outback, and the exploitation of the islands' resources.
Chronicles the history of exploration in Antarctica, relating early theories about a great southern land mass and describing the continent's eventual discovery, the race to the South Pole, and the growth of Antarctic scientific research.
Describes the physical geography of the Himalayas and chronicles its exploration throughout the centuries, covering the arrival of Christianity, trade, and surveyors and the conquest of Mt. Everest by Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
a thousand years of exploration, from the Polynesians to Captain Cook and beyond
Harmon, Daniel E
2003
Provides information about the Polynesians who migrated in canoes from Asia to the islands of the Pacific Ocean, and looks at the adventures of sixteenth and seventeenth-century explorers in the South Pacific.
Provides information about the Corps of Discovery, a team led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and guided by Shoshone woman Sacagawea, that set out in 1804 to explore and map the land acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase.
Examines the sixteenth-century explorations of Spanish conquistadors in the southwestern region of North America, and discusses the discoveries they made while in search of the legendary cities of gold.
Examines the accomplishments of Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese sailor who in 1519 set out to discover a westward route through the Americas to the East Indies.
Examines the explorations of Juan Ponce de Leon and other Spanish conquistadors in Florida and the southwestern region of what is now the United States, and discusses the founding of St. Augustine by Pedro Menendez de Aviles.
Examines the accomplishments of European adventurers who, spurred by Christopher Columbus's accidental "discovery" of America, set out to explore the continents of the New World.
how explorers and colonists such as Sir Walter Raleigh, John Smith, and Miles Standish helped establish England's presence in the New World
Harvey, Dan
2003
Chronicles the English attempts to settle in North America during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including the failed colony on Roanoke Island and the more successful Jamestown settlement.
