exploration

A biography, with numerous photographs and quotes from Earhart herself, tracing this determined woman's life and interest in flying.

Tells the story of the first explorers to travel around the world and describes how and why the epic journeys of Magellan and Drake came to be made.

Numerous photographs illustrate the stories of early women pilots, Amelia Earhart, and World War II's female pilots.

Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.

A biography of the seventeenth-century French explorer who, among other exploits, led the first European expedition to track the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.

The life of the Portuguese navigator and explorer who launched the first voyage around the world in the early 1500's but met his death before his men completed the expedition.

Discusses Henry Hudson's four voyages of exploration in search of a passage between Europe and the Far East.

Summarizes the lives and accomplishments of five women who were explorers in North and South America.

Profiles women who have been active in air and space, including Christa McAuliffe, Amelia Earhart, and Sally Ride.