discovery and exploration

A brief biography of the seventeenth-century French explorers who were the first Europeans to locate and chart the Mississippi River.

Brief description of the life and explorations of Coronado as he led Spanish soldiers from New Spain (Mexico) across the southwestern U.S. in the 1500s.

An account of the Lewis and Clark expedition sent by President Jefferson to explore the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Includes related activities.

Examines the life and accomplishments of sixteenth-century British explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, focusing on his attempts to locate the legendary city of El Dorado.

Examines the lives and discoveries of Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, seventeenth-century French explorers who were assigned to follow the course of the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes to see whether it led to the Pacific Ocean.

Examines the life and work of nineteenth-century explorer and mapmaker John C. Fr?mont, focusing on his accomplishments as leader of several expeditions into the largely uncharted American West.

Examines the life and career of eighteenth-century English navigator and mapmaker James Cook, focusing on his exploration of the South Pacific.

Fernando Columbus recounts his eventful voyage with his father in search of a passage to India.