voyages around the world

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voyages around the world

World exploration from ancient times

Compton's by Britannica
2011
Provides information about voyages of exploration and discovery around the world since ancient times and includes biographical details about explorers as well as maps, illustrations, and photographs.

1421

the year China discovered America
2003

The voyage of the Beagle

journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, RN
1999
Darwin's notes from his 1831 trip provide an account of the HMS "Beagle" and the first hints of his theory of evolution and natural selection.

Gardens in the dunes

a novel
2000
Indigo, a young child of the Sand Lizard people, a tribe that has been driven from its home, is reduced to scavenging from the town dump in an effort to stay alive before being rescued by Hattie, a Victorian woman who, with good intentions, sets out to transform Indigo into a proper American girl.

The long way

1975

Dove

1973
16 year old Robin Lee graham sets sail on a 5-year round-the-world voyage in a 24-foot sloop.

Ferdinand Magellan

a primary source biography
2006
A brief biography of sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, that chronicles the life and adventures of the first man to sail around the world.

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