discovery and exploration

Describes the excavations of the watercraft of explorers, settlers, and traders who visited the American West from the 1600s to the 1800s and what the findings reveal about life in early America.

A view that Columbus's voyage was the product of a long sweep of history: the spread of Christianity and the radical cultural changes it brought to Europe, the interaction of economic necessity with a changing climate, and generations of unknown fishermen who explored the North Atlantic in the centuries before Columbus.

Describes the history of man's attempts to reach the North Pole, as well as the life and career of the Arctic explorer Robert Peary, who is credited with reaching the North Pole in 1909.

Chronicles the history of the origins of the United States, focusing on the role of Native Americans in its discovery and development.

Presents an abridgement of the journals kept by explorers Lewis and Clark in which they described the experiences and findings of the Corps of Discovery, the expedition mounted in 1804 to seek out a river passage from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

Tells the story of explorers Lewis and Clark's journey into the western United States, from 1804 to 1806, and includes a summary of their objectives and accomplishments.

Presents a reenactment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific and back again as experienced by Sacagawea, a Native American teenager and expectant mother who was vital to the success of the venture.