discovery and exploration

Learn about the life of Christopher Columbus and our celebration of Columbus Day.

A biography of the Army officer and explorer who discovered, among other places in the West and Southwest, the great Rocky Mountain peak in Colorado which bears his name.

History of the European conquest of the Americas from the Spanish in South America to the North American colonization and present day interventions.

Provides an account of the activities of Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson, explorers who sailed from Europe in search of a northern route from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and landed in a place that later became New York State.

A biography of Sacagawea, the Shoshoni Indian woman who played an important role in guiding the Lewis and Clark expedition through the Northwest Territory of the United States in 1805-1806.

Traces the adventurous life of the South Pole explorer whose ship, the Endurance, was frozen in the ice nd crushed, leaving the crew to fight for survival.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Private Hugh McNeal relates his experiences accompanying Captains Lewis and Clark on their 1804 - 1806 expedition in search of a northwest passage to the Pacific Ocean.

Graphic novel of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen's expeditions to the North and South Poles.