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Presents information on the life and explorations of Viking Leif Eriksson. Includes a timeline, a glossary, and a list of additional resources.

Describes what it was like to travel with Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. Highlights where he went, why and how he got there, and what went right and wrong. Includes a timeline, fact boxes, a glossary, resources for further information, and color illustrations.

Describes what it was like to travel with Spanish explorer Francisco Vazquez de Coronado. Highlights where he went, why and how he got there, and what went right and wrong. Includes a timeline, fact boxes, a glossary, resources for further information, and color illustrations.

Presents a full-color illustrated look at Christopher Columbus and his explorations. Discusses conditions aboard his ships, the people he encountered, weather conditions, and Columbus' death and legacy. Features maps, a timeline, fact boxes, quotes, writing activities, a glossary, and further resources.

Biography of the legendary tenth century Norse explorer Leif Erikson, believed to have discovered North America 500 years before Columbus.

Presents an illustrated biography of Christopher Columbus, documenting his travels across the Atlantic to the New World. Compares his accomplishments to his darker deeds, including his enslavement of native peoples.

Examines the experiences of Henry Hudson, tracing his voyages in the Arctic and North America and his discovery of the Hudson River and other bodies of water during his unsuccessful search for a Northwest Passage to Asia.

Highlights the migration of people from Asia to North America and the subsequent "discovery" of the continent by Irish monks, Norsemen, and Christopher Columbus.

Presents a biography of Florentine explorer, Amerigo Vespucci, and describes the adventures and exploits of the man for whom the New World was named.