Great journeys

An account of the five years that English naturalist Charles Darwin spent traveling around the world on the HMS Beagle, a voyage that led him to develop his theory of the evolution of the species.

An account of Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the world in the early 1500s.

Surveys the various attempts to climb Mount Everest and gives a detailed account of the successful climb made by Hillary and Tenzing.

An account of the competition between explorers to reach the South Pole with emphasis on the events of the rival expeditions led by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen and the British Robert Scott between 1910 and 1913.

Presents a historical look at the spice trade, and includes information on what spices are, where different spices originate, how spices where used in the old world, and describes the routes and competition for trade. Includes time line, maps, illustrations, and photographs.

Discusses the potato famine that devastated Ireland in the nineteenth century and led to a widespread immigration to the United States.

Presents an overview of the history of the Navajo Indians, with a detailed account of how the United States Government, represented by Kit Carson, forced them on a 300-mile walk from their homeland in the Southwest to a prison camp at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, in 1864, and their eventual return home after the United States-Navajo Treaty of 1868.

Discusses the forced internment of Japanese-Americans in camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into World War II.

Pictures, photographs, and text describe the history of American slavery and the Underground Railroad.

Presents an account of the eviction of 16,000 Cherokee Indians from Georgia and their forced relocation to Oklahoma in 1838.