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Robert E. Peary: To the Top of the World
Patricia Calvert
Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Dec. 1, 2001)What must it have been like to be the first to circumnavigate the globe or traverse America from shore to shore? What political, social and financial factors of the day encouraged exploration? What personal dreams and desires drove these fearless men to search the vast unknown waters and lands, to tempt danger time and time again, all in the name of discovery? In Great Explorations, acclaimed authors including recent Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer guide us through the adventures of the indomitable explorers who knew first-hand the joys and sorrows of pioneering.
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John Charles Fremont: Pathfinder to the West
Harold Faber
Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, Oct. 1, 2002)What must it have been like to be the first to circumnavigate the globe or traverse America from shore to shore? What political, social and financial factors of the day encouraged exploration? What personal dreams and desires drove these fearless men to search the vast unknown waters and lands, to tempt danger time and time again, all in the name of discovery? In Great Explorations, acclaimed authors including recent Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer guide us through the adventures of the indomitable explorers who knew first-hand the joys and sorrows of pioneering.
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Captain James Cook: Three Times Around the World
Milton Meltzer
Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2001)What must it have been like to be the first to circumnavigate the globe or traverse America from shore to shore? What political, social and financial factors of the day encouraged exploration? What personal dreams and desires drove these fearless men to search the vast unknown waters and lands, to tempt danger time and time again, all in the name of discovery? In Great Explorations, acclaimed authors including recent Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer guide us through the adventures of the indomitable explorers who knew first-hand the joys and sorrows of pioneering.
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Hernando Cortes: Fortune Favored the Bold
P Calvert Frcs, Patricia Calvert
Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, Oct. 1, 2002)What must it have been like to be the first to circumnavigate the globe or traverse America from shore to shore? What political, social and financial factors of the day encouraged exploration? What personal dreams and desires drove these fearless men to search the vast unknown waters and lands, to tempt danger time and time again, all in the name of discovery? In Great Explorations, acclaimed authors including recent Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer guide us through the adventures of the indomitable explorers who knew first-hand the joys and sorrows of pioneering.
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Juan Ponce de Leon: Discoverer of Florida
Steven Otfinoski
Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2004)Recounts the explorations of Spanish soldier Juan Ponce de Leâon, who discovered, founded, and named Florida, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.
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David Livingstone: Deep in the Heart of Africa
Steven Otfinoski
Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Aug. 1, 2006)"An examination of the life and accomplishments of the explorer and missionary who traveled southern Africa and was the first European to reach Victoria Falls"--Provided by publisher.
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Zebulon Pike
Patricia Calvert
Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2004)Presents the life and career of the army officer and explorer who discovered, among other places in the West and Southwest, the great Rocky Mountain peak in Colorado that bears his name.
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Christopher Columbus: To the New World
James Lincoln Collier
Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2006)"An exploration of the life and momentous voyages of the Italian-born explorer"--Provided by publisher.
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Ferdinand Magellan: First to Sail Around the World
Milton Meltzer
Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2001)What must it have been like to be the first to circumnavigate the globe or traverse America from shore to shore? What political, social and financial factors of the day encouraged exploration? What personal dreams and desires drove these fearless men to search the vast unknown waters and lands, to tempt danger time and time again, all in the name of discovery? In Great Explorations, acclaimed authors including recent Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer guide us through the adventures of the indomitable explorers who knew first-hand the joys and sorrows of pioneering.
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Edmund Hillary: First to the Top
Dan Elish
Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Aug. 1, 2006)Presents the life and accomplishments of the famed explorer from New Zealand who was one of the first to scale Mount Everest.
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Francisco Coronado: In Search of the Seven Cities of Gold
Steven Otfinoski
Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, Oct. 1, 2002)What must it have been like to be the first to circumnavigate the globe or traverse America from shore to shore? What political, social and financial factors of the day encouraged exploration? What personal dreams and desires drove these fearless men to search the vast unknown waters and lands, to tempt danger time and time again, all in the name of discovery? In Great Explorations, acclaimed authors including recent Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer guide us through the adventures of the indomitable explorers who knew first-hand the joys and sorrows of pioneering.
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Francisco Pizarro: The Conquest of Peru
Milton Meltzer
Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2004)Introduces the life of the explorer who was sent to Peru in the sixteenth century by the king of Spain to conquer the Incas and claim their land and wealth for the Spanish crown.
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