explorers

Covers many types of exploration including early expeditions across the globe, space exploration, and deep sea exploration.

Explores the time in which Columbus lived, his voyages and discovery of the New World, and the Spanish settlements that resulted from them.

Charts the journeys of intrepid travelers, from Marco Polo to Neil Armstrong, looking at the challenges they faced and the discoveries they made.

Provides detailed information on the world of exploration, from early expeditions to high-tech trips into space.

"Ranger, a time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, joins an early twentieth-century expedition journeying from New Zealand to Antarctica. He befriends Jack Nin, the stowaway turned cabin boy of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ship. They're racing against a rival explorer to reach the South Pole, but with unstable ice, killer whales, and raging blizzards, the journey turns into a race against time...and a struggle to stay alive"--Back cover.

Christopher Columbus is often referred to as the "discoverer" of the Americans. The Americas are named after explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

After Christopher Columbus and other European explorers arrived in the Americas, the lands they explored were often called the :New Worlds." However, these lands were new only to the people of Europe.

Ava's parents are on an adventure to find the mysterious ghost orchid. But Ava knows a secret: the journey can be as magical as the destination. From taiga forest to arid desert and tropical jungle, follow Ava and her family on a visually stunning journey around the world, and learn to practice mindfulness as Ava shows her parents the gift of slowing down to enjoy the wonders around you.

When Snail leaves his bucket, he discovers a whole, wide world in this illustrated bind-up of sweet and funny chapter books Snail Has Lunch and Snail Finds a Home. Snail is a merry little mollusk who lives in a rusty bucket. Day after day, rain or shine, snail doesn't move; and that suits him just fine. But when his bucket is turned over, his life takes a topsy-turvy turn. A journey through the vegetable garden opens up a whole world of new friends, new foods, and maybe even a little danger. Can Snail find happiness out here, or will he wish he never left his bucket?.

Photographs and text examine the history of explorers and exploration, and highlight many of their discoveries.