explorers

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The travels of Juan Ponce de León

2001
Discusses the explorations of Ponce de Le?n with Columbus as well as his own expeditions to the Caribbean and the Americas.

The travels of John and Sebastian Cabot

2001
An account of the Cabots' exploration of Canada and Argentina.

The travels of Henry Hudson

2000
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.

The travels of Francisco de Coronado

2001
Describes Coronado's exploration of what is now the southwestern United States.

The travels of Francisco Pizarro

2000
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.

The travels of Ferdinand Magellan

2000
Presents a biography of the daring Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition that sailed around the world.

Francisco de Coronado

1992
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.

The expeditions of Cort?s

1990
An account of Cortes's life as an adventurer which culminated in his conquest and domination of the Aztec civilization in Mexico.

Captain James Cook

1979
A brief biography focusing on the career of the British navigator who became a famous explorer of the Pacific Ocean.

Christopher Columbus and his voyage to the New World

1990
Describes the life of Christopher Columbus and how he came to discover the New World.

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