An introduction to weather featuring many color photos. Describes different types of weather such as tornadoes, rain, snow, and cloudiness. Also discusses the seasons and climates.
Presents a brief biography of nineteenth-century soldier, politician, and explorer, John C. Fremont, whose many expeditions helped open up the American West to settlers.
Presents a brief biography of Spanish explorer and conquistador, Francisco V?squez de Coronado, who led a major expedition from Mexico through what is now the southwestern United States.
Presents a brief biography of the French oceanographer, and explorer Jacques Cousteau, providing information on his childhood, his family life, and his work studying and filming the undersea world.
Presents a brief biography of eighteenth-century British explorer and navigator James Cook, describing his three great voyages of exploration in the South Pacific Ocean, as well as for his attempt to find a Northwest passage across the North American continent.
