explorers

Describes four people who explored new frontiers: Orville and Wilbur Wright, Robert Falcon Scott, and Neil Armstrong.

Presents an overview of Hernando de Soto's life as well as his influence on history and the world.

An illustrated exploration of exploration, which describes voyages to places around the world and into space, as well as related topics such as the seafarer's life and navigation.

An introduction to the lives of Lewis and Clark and to the exploratory expedition they led from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean in the early nineteenth century.

Describes the activities of explorers in North America from 1000 to 1804 including Leif Ericsson, Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, John Cabot, and Lewis and Clark.

Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.

Text and illustrations survey French explorer Jacques Cartier's search for a water route across the Americas in the sixteenth century, describing Cartier's life before his voyages, his land claims in Canada, his crew's harsh Canadian winter in 1535-36, and the troubled Roberval Colony, providing a glossary, lists of important dates and people, and selected further resources.

Describes several explorers and fur trappers who made names for themselves in the western American frontier during the early nineteenth century, including John Colter and Kit Carson.

Describes Lewis and Clark's explorations of America, including the help of Sacagawea and the Shoshone, and the dangers that surrounded them.

Describes the life and travels of the Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition that sailed around the world.