discovery and exploration

Presents the history of the Native Americans from earliest times through the arrival of the first Europeans.

Discusses both hypothetical and historical voyages of discovery to America by the Phoenicians, Saint Brendan of Ireland, the Vikings, and such later European navigators as Columbus, Cabot, and Magellan.

Illustrations and text provide a comprehensive introduction to the Renaissance, focusing on exploration and trade, advancements in shipbuilding and mapmaking, merchant competition, overseas voyages, early Portuguese adventures, the Northwest Passage, the Columbian Exchange, and other topics.

An illustrated biography of British sea captain James Cook, who explored the South Pacific during the eighteenth century and was the first European to explore Austalia.

An introduction to Spanish conquistador Hernando Cort?s, discussing his early life, his conquest of the Aztec empire in the sixteenth century, the establishment of a Spanish colony in the New World, and Cort?s' legacy.

Summary: Describes the voyages of exploration made by Christopher Columbus and the "New World" he found, as well as the discoveries of Balboa and Magellan.

Examines the life and adventures of Henry Hudson, the English sea captain who explored the Arctic Ocean and the river and bay later named for him while in search of a northern route to the Orient.

A fictionalized account, in graphic novel format, of the adventures of explorers Lewis and Clark during their journey from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean.

Describes the journey taken by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis after leaving Illinois in 1804 to explore the unknown western region of North America where they discovered animals, and landforms, and interacted with several Native American tribes.

A biography of Fridtjof Nansen, who famously explored the Arctic in the late 1800s.