discovery and exploration

A memoir in which Sir Ernest Shackleton provides a personal account of his expedition to Antarctica in 1914, a voyage that resulted in disaster when his ship, the Endurance, became locked in sea ice and was stranded for nine months before being crushed.

Provides an account of the voyage undertaken by polar explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew aboard the "Endurance" in 1914-15, telling how the men survived after their ship became locked inside an island of ice and drifted for ten months before being crushed.

Provides information about the feast held on April 30, 1598 to celebrate the journey of Mexican conquistador Juan de Onate into Texas. Presented in Spanish and English.

Chronicles the events surrounding the Polaris expedition of 1871 to 1873 and explains how Tookoolito, an Intuit translator, helped save the mission to the Arctic after its leader, Captain Charles Francis Hall, was murdered by his own crew.

Tells the dramatic story of the Canadian Arctic Expedition that set off in 1913 to explore the high north.

This book describes the life and times of Spanish soldier Vasco Nunez de Balboa.

Uses excerpts from the journal of a twenty-five-year-old American sailor to chronicle the final voyage of Captain James Cook in 1776.

Captioned illustrations highlight significant events in U.S. history between 1500 and 1750, including the discovery, exploration, and settlement of America.

A party from England--two professors, a nobleman, and a journalist--set out to explore a plateau in South America where prehistoric animals and ancestral hominids are very much alive. Includes explanatory notes and an introduction by novelist Michael Crichton.