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Henry Hudson

In graphic novel format describes the adventures of the seventeenth-century English explorer, from his search for a short route from Europe to the Orient to his mysterious disappearance after members of his crew mutinied.
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Henry Hudson

Describes, in graphic novel format, the life of Henry Hudson, explorer in search of a shorter route to Asia, includes maps and timeline.

Lost in the Antarctic

the doomed voyage of the Endurance
2019
Tells the story of Ernest Shackleton and his crew who abandoned the ship Endurance in the Antarctic.

The white darkness

2018
"Traces the South Pole expedition of a decorated British special forces officer, an admirer of Ernest Shackleton's expedition and descendant of one of Shackleton's crew, who in 2015 risked his life to walk across Antarctica alone"--OCLC.

Explore with John Cabot

Follows the travels of Italian explorer John Cabot, born Giovanni Caboto, who moved to England and got King Henry VII to back an expedition across the Atlantic, where Cabot found what is now Canada. Eager to discover more, Cabot soon set sail on another voyage -- never to be heard from again.

Henry Hudson

explorer of the Hudson River and Bay
Biography of Henry Hudson, English mariner who explored the Hudson River and Bay, discussing his early life before the voyages, his time in the Arctic, his voyage down the East Coast of North America into present-day New York, and his exploration of Canada's Hudson Bay.
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Into the white

Scott's Antarctic odyssey
2017
Examines Robert Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, during which his team faced storms at sea, ice pack, blizzards, extreme temperatures, and hunger only to be beaten to the South Pole by a team of Norwegians.
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Henry Hudson

explorer of the Hudson River and Bay
Looks at the life of the sixteenth-century English mariner Henry Hudson, whose search for the Northwest Passage motivated his extensive explorations on the East Coast of North America.

John Cabot

explorer of the North American mainland
Shares the life of the Italian explorer who made several voyages of discovery for England, including the discovery of the North American mainland.
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Henry Hudson

explorer of the Hudson River and Bay
2017
Biography of Henry Hudson, English mariner who explored the Hudson River and Bay, discussing his early life before the voyages, his time in the Arctic, his voyage down the East Coast of North America into present-day New York, and his exploration of Canada's Hudson Bay.

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