discovery and exploration

In this moving story of daring, discovery, tragedy, and adventure, historian James Evans vividly shows how the 1553 voyage of Sir Hugh Willoughby, a brave gentleman soldier, and Richard Chancellor, a brilliant young scientist and practical man of the sea, laid the foundations for England's expansion on a global stage.

"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.

Provides insights into the explorations of the American frontier through a dramatized interview with Kit Carson in which he discusses his own accomplishments, as well as the activities of such frontiersmen as Daniel Boone, Zebulon Pike, Jedediah Smith, and James Beckwourth.

Presents a brief overview of the goals and adventures of the incredible 8,000 mile expedition across the uncharted western United States led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

Ken Burns' portrait of a two-and-a-half year expedition, that when completed and reported, provided Americans with a compelling look at the Louisiana Purchase, and the prospect of boundless opportunities to be made west of the Mississippi River.

An introduction to early American history, providing information on the first inhabitants of North America and the changes that occurred when European explorers first arrived.

Looks at the historic expedition of Merriwether Lewis and William Clark, whose "Corps of Discovery" set out from St. Louis in May of 1804 to explore and map the lands acquired in the recent Louisiana Purchase.

Examines the history of European explorers' and settlers' arrival in America, where they encountered the existing infrastructure of Native Americans' civilization before bringing plants, animals, and disease, contributing to devastating changes to the landscape and society of the "New World.".

Provides an introduction to Sacagawea, a young Native American woman who joined the Lewis and Clark expedition as a translator and guide, and played an important role in the mission's success.

Once again the mysterious box takes the golden retriever Ranger back in time, and he finds himself on Robert Falcon Scott's ship, the Terra Nova, headed for Antarctica, where his mission is to save Jack Nin, a Chinese-Maori stowaway from New Zealand, from the blizzards, unstable ice, and the other hazards that lie ahead for the doomed expedition.