explorers

Discusses the explorations of Ponce de Le?n with Columbus as well as his own expeditions to the Caribbean and the Americas.

An account of the Cabots' exploration of Canada and Argentina.

A biography of the English explorer and sea captain who explored three North American waterways later named for him--the Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Strait.

Describes Coronado's exploration of what is now the southwestern United States.

The life and conquests of the Spanish explorer who joined an expedition to the New World in 1502 and subsequently claimed for Spain parts of Mexico, Central America, and South America including Peru.

Presents a biography of the daring Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition that sailed around the world.

Describes Coronado's explorations in the southwestern United States in the 1540s, an expedition which revealed for the first time to Europeans the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, the Great Plains, herds of buffalo, stark deserts, snow-capped mountain peaks--yet never the gold the Spaniards so avidly desired.

An account of Cortes's life as an adventurer which culminated in his conquest and domination of the Aztec civilization in Mexico.

A brief biography focusing on the career of the British navigator who became a famous explorer of the Pacific Ocean.

Describes the life of Christopher Columbus and how he came to discover the New World.