great britain

A biography of the seaman and explorer who helped settle Jamestown and whose explorations of Virginia and New England helped pave the way for colonists.

A biography of the nineteenth-century British scientist who worked with electricity, told in the form of an imagined interview.

The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about what these awe-inspiring ancient animals were like.

A collection of letters written by children traveling in Great Britain tells about the cities, the Channel, the castles, Stonehenge, and other aspects of this island.

Presents the life of the seventeenth-century scientist who made predictions about the comet which bears his name and discusses many other important scientific contributions he made.

A brief biography focusing on the career of the British navigator who became a famous explorer of the Pacific Ocean.

Surveys the clothing and crafts that were prevalent in Europe and the United States during the Victorian period. Suggests activities for making similar items with modern materials.

The author/illustrator describes how his mother's wish to spend her birthday visiting an art museum with her family changed the course of his life forever.

Presents an illustrated account of eighteenth-century Englishman John Harrison's forty-year quest to create a perfectly accurate sea clock that would allow sailors to measure longitude.

Describes the need for sailors to be able to determine their position at sea and the efforts of John Harrison, an eighteenth century man who spent his life refining instruments to enable them to do this.