Presents a look at life and times of Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen, two explorers of the arctic regions of South Pole, providing a narrative chronicle of their daring expeditions.
Presents a biography of Christopher Columbus, the Italian navigator credited for discovering America and the New World, and examines his role as one of the great explorers.
Uses photographs, text, and excerpts from historical journals to describe the different plants and flowers seen by members of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Chronicles man's search to find a sea route linking Europe with Asia, profiling the men who first began exploring the frozen North and explaining how Roald Amundsen finally found the fabled Northwest Passage.
Describes the exploration and mapping of the American West from prehistoric Indian maps through the geographical information gathered by the Spanish explorers, the expeditions of Lewis and Clark and Zebulon Pike, and the mapping done by the U.S. Army and the railroad companies.
Examines the life of explorer, mapmaker, and peacekeeper William Clark, discussing his youth, his participation in the Lewis and Clark expedition, his marriage and family, and his later years as Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
Readers take a trip back in time to learn about the culture and civilization of fifteenth-century Europe and Spain, and the discovery of America by Columbus.
