explorers

An illustrated look at the life of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.

"Cruz, Sailor, Emmett, and the gang are on their way to Africa when Nebula misses their intended target and someone close to Cruz ends up on the brink of death. Secrets creep out from the shadows and leave Cruz with more questions than answers"--Amazon.com.

The son of a traveling merchant, Marco Polo spent his early years among the ports of Venice, Italy. As a young man, he headed eastward with his father and his uncle toward the lands of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan. Their journey from Europe into Asia, marked by risks, setbacks, and discoveries, transformed every person involved. It also led to one of the world's most studied and most debated travelogues.Marco Tabilio, an emerging talent of Italian cartooning, creates a graphic novel in the form of a puzzle and finds the coming-of-age tale within the legend of Marco Polo.

"Steve Inskeep tells the riveting story of John and Jessie Fr?mont, the husband and wife team who in the 1800s were instrumental in the westward expansion of the United States, and thus became America's first great political couple John Fr?mont grew up amid family tragedy and shame. Born out of wedlock in 1813, he went to work at age thirteen to help support his family in Charleston, South Carolina"--Provided by publisher.

"The Dinosaur Explorers, Rain, Sean, Stone, joined out in the field for the first time by Diana, find themselves back in the Jurassic! This is the grand age of dinosaurs, but also the time when the first non-dinosaurs begin to stretch their limbs! What this all means is that the Dinosaur Explorers find themselves in a place and time full of life--though they may soon not be, if the local wildlife have anything to say about it! Looks like they could lose their lives being Lost in the Jurassic!"--Back cover.

Looks at explorers during the Renaissance including Niccol? de' Conti, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, P?ro da Covilh?, and Ferdinand Magellan.

"This book takes a deep dive into the Age of Exploration, separating myth from reality"--Provided by publisher.

A brief biography of Amerigo Vespucci who is best known for exploring South America and the West Indies.

An eccentric like all Helmsleys, eleven-year-old Archer escapes his overprotective mother and recruits two friends, Oliver and Adelaide, to help him plan a rescue of his long-lost grandparents, world-famous explorers who disappeared atop an iceberg in the Antarctic.

"Archer Helmsley's grandparents have finally returned home, but there are rumors they've brought a curse with them"--Provided by publisher.