biography

Biography of European explorer John Cabot, famous for his skills as a navigator and cartographer.

Presents an account of Cartier's life and explorations and examines their impact on history and the world.

A biography of the wealthy Spanish explorer who became the first white man to cross the Mississippi.

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.

An illustrated biography of Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer who opened the sea route between Europe and India in the late fifteenth century.

Traces the life and achievements of the architect, bibliophile, president, and author of the Declaration of Independence.

Examines the life of Isaac Newton, the seventeenth-century English scientist who formulated the theory of gravity.

Presents a brief biography, with illustrations, of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to serve as a judge on the United States Supreme Court.

A brief biography of the African-American scientist who overcame tremendous hardship to make unusual and important discoveries in the field of agriculture.

Focuses on this American author's connection with steamboats on the Mississippi River while also presenting a history of the craft.