exploration

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Explorers

expeditions and pioneers
1994
Traces the expeditions, adventures, and discoveries of explorers from the beginning of humankind to the present.

Lost star

the story of Amelia Earhart
1988
Traces the life of the pilot who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.

Journeys of the great explorers

1992
Stories of 30 of the most famous explorers arranged in chronological order.

Black stars in orbit

NASA's African American astronauts
1995
Story of the first three African Americans to journey into space and the others who have followed them and taken their place in the forefront of space exploration and discovery.

Amelia Earhart

aviation pioneer
1987
Traces the life of the pilot who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

Window on the deep

the adventures of underwater explorer Sylvia Earle
1991
Describes the underwater exploration of Sylvia Earle, the woman who has set many of the current diving records.

Ferdinand Magellan

1990
Recounts how the sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer launched the first voyage around the world, although he met his death before his men completed the expedition.

Robert H. Goddard

1991
A biography of the scientist who developed the first liquid propelled rocket.

The Wright brothers

1991
Traces the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they showed the world how to fly.

Neil Armstrong, space pioneer

1980
A biography of Neil Armstrong who, on July 20, 1969, as a member of the three-man Apollo 11 crew, became the first human being to walk on the moon.

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