exploration

A brief account of the life and discoveries of the Norse explorer who became one of the first white men to visit America.

Presents the life of the fifteenth-century explorer and how he came to discover the New World.

Profiles six European conquests, including the conquest over the Caribbean Islands, the Central Valley of Mexico, the Andes and Western South America, and the Amazon Basin.

Describes the planets of the solar system and more distant objects in space and discusses past and present ways we have gathered information about them.

An easy-to-read biography of the famous explorer who became one of the first people to sail to America.

A brief biography of the Spanish explorers who led an expedition into the American Southwest in search of Gran Quivira and the seven cities of Cibola.

A biography of the two explorers--one white, one African American--who discovered the North Pole in 1909.

Examines the life of Christopher Columbus, the fifteenth-century Italian explorer who is credited with discovering the New World while trying to reach India by sailing west. Presented in graphic novel form.

Examines the question of life on other planets, and its scientific exploration in the space program and more.

Describes the life and voyages of the Italian-born explorer who claimed land in the New World for England in 1497.