discovery and exploration

Profiles the life and adventures of late fifteenth and early sixteen-century Italian explorer Christopher Columbus who crossed the Atlantic in 1492 in search of the riches in Asia.

Presents a comprehensive examination of North American history between Columbus's landing in 1492 and the founding of Jamestown in 1607; and describes the explorations by the Vikings, French, Moorish slaves, and Spanish conquistadors.

Recounts the adventurous life of the English explorer and courtier who spelled his name "Ralegh" and led many expeditions to the New World.

Text and illustrations survey Francisco Vasquez de Coronado's journey northward from New Spain in search of legendary cities of gold, describing his struggles, discoveries, disappointments, and return to New Spain, and providing a glossary, lists of important dates and people, and selected further resources.

Geronimo Stilton travels through time in order to defend history from his arch nemeses, the Pirate Cats.

Profiles the discoveries and adventures of famous trappers and mountain men in American history including Jedediah Smith, Lewis and Clark, and John Jacob Astor and his fur-trading empire.

Chronicles the life of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Francisco Coronado, describing his search for the Seven Cities of Gold, the challenges his expedition faced as it traveled through the American southwest, and his impact on Spanish and American history.

Professor Challenger leads an expedition to explore an isolated plateau rising above the Amazon jungles where they discover dinosaurs, primitive ape-men, and prehistoric monsters.

Discusses the lives, education, successes, and failures of such explorers as John Franklin, Robert Peary, Matthew Henson, Roald Amundsen, and Robert Falcon Scott as they ventured into the Arctic and Antarctic.

Chronicles the life of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Ponce de Le?n, discussing his arrival in Florida and other topics, and presents and describes related primary sources such as documents and maps.