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A world explorer: Christopher Columbus

A biography of the fifteenth-century Italian seaman and navigator who unknowingly discovered a new contintent while looking for a western route to India.

A world explorer: James Cook

A brief survey of the explorer who made the original "Cook's tour" discovering and accurately mapping many islands and coastal areas throughout the world.

A world explorer: Hernando De Soto

A biography of the New World explorer who unsuccessfully sought gold in Florida and led the first expedition of white men across the Mississippi River.

A world explorer--Henry Morton Stanley

A biography of the journalist and explorer who not only found Dr. Livingstone but made many other important discoveries in Africa on subsequent journeys.

Ponce de L?on

A biography of the Spanish explorer which concentrates on his travels in the Caribbean, his discovery of Florida, and his lifelong quest for a fountain of youth.

A world explorer: Robert Falcon Scott

1972
A biography of the English explorer who lost his life in the race with Amundsen to the South Pole.

A world explorer: Sir Edmund Hillary

1970
A biography of the New Zealand explorer emphasizing his conquest of Mt. Everest, his exploration of Antarctica, and his search for the Abominable Snowman.

A world explorer: Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa

1969
A biography stressing the honesty and integrity of the Spanish explorer whose explorations of the northern coast of South America led him to discover the Pacific Ocean.

A world explorer: Hernando Cort?s.

1970
A biography of the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer who discovered the Aztec empire.

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