Explorers & exploration

Describes da Gama's expeditions to the Cape of Good Hope, the East Indies, and Calicut.

Describes La Salle's exploration of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Louisiana Territory.

Describes Champlain's exploration of New France and his relations with the Indians.

A biography of the Italian traveler who became the first European to cross Asia completely and document his experiences.

Discusses the explorations of Ponce de Le?n with Columbus as well as his own expeditions to the Caribbean and the Americas.

An account of the Cabots' exploration of Canada and Argentina.

A biography of the English explorer and sea captain who explored three North American waterways later named for him--the Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Strait.

Describes Coronado's exploration of what is now the southwestern United States.

The life and conquests of the Spanish explorer who joined an expedition to the New World in 1502 and subsequently claimed for Spain parts of Mexico, Central America, and South America including Peru.

Presents a biography of the daring Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition that sailed around the world.