Great explorers

Presents the life and accomplishments of Edmund Hillary the famous explorer from New Zealand, one of the first to scale Mount Everest.

Presents the life of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer who fell short of his goal of crossing Antarctica, but accomplished a far greater feat by bringing every member of his crew back alive.

Describes the journeys of the seventeenth-century French explorer who was the first European to travel the entire length of the Mississippi River.

An introduction to the life of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes, who conquered the Aztec Empire of Mexico.

A biography of Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama, describes how he replaced his deceased father on a mission to India and became the first to find a direct route to Asia via the Cap of Good Hope.

Describes the life of explorer Christopher Columbus and discusses his voyages to the islands now known as the West Indies.

A biography of explorer Jacques Cartier who discovered the St. Lawrence River leading the way for further European exploration of North America. Describes how Cartier helped establish a trade network between the French and North American Indians in villages that became Montreal and Quebec City.

Explores the lives of explorers Lewis and Clark, who manned the first American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back. Outlines the progression of their journey and examines what it meant to the country as a whole.

A biography of the Spanish explorer who sought fruitlessly to discover a fountain of youth in Florida and the Caribbean.

Presents a brief biography of sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, and describes some of the lands, people, plants, and animals he discovered during his voyage around the globe.