discovery and exploration

Describes the early life of sixteenth-century French navigator Jacques Cartier, discussing his explorations of the St. Lawrence River and surrounding lands in Canada, and providing information about life at sea on a galleon, and the St. Lawrence Iroquois.

Presents a biography of the legendary frontiersman who explored Kentucky and the route to the West leading to American expansion of the United States.

Covers the discovery and exploration of North America by a variety of European explorers.

A brief biography of the life and adventures of early American pioneer and frontiersman, Daniel Boone, that chronicles his exploration and settlement of what is now the state of Kentucky and his contribution to the Westward Expansion after the American Revolution.

Describes the history of travel on the Hudson, Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, Rio Grande, Colorado, and Columbia Rivers through the nineteenth century.

Discusses the life and work of John C. Fr?mont, an explorer of the American West.

Seaman, a Newfoundland, proves his value as a hunter, navigator, and protector while serving with the Corps of Discovery when it explores the West under the leadership of Lewis and Clark.

Examines the life and work of British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, focusing on his repeated attempts to reach the South Pole in the early twentieth century.

An account of explorer Will Steger's expedition from Russia to Canada by way of the North Pole, traveling by dog sled and canoe.

A biography of the geologist who first explored the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.