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La Salle: Down the Mississippi
Harold Faber
Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Jan. 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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Samuel de Champlain: Explorer of Canada
Harold Faber
Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2004)Presents a biography of the French explorer who was instrumental in founding the city of Quâebec, and includes details about the land and people of the times and a time line.
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Sieur de la Salle
Don Nardo
Paperback (Franklin Watts, March 1, 2002)Chronicles the life and travels of the Sieur de La Salle, who explored the length of the Missisippi River for France, and later attempted to trace the river from its mouth northward.
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Juan Ponce De Leon: Discoverer of Florida
Steven Otfinoski
Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Oct. 15, 2004)None
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Great Explorations
Patricia Calvert, Steven Otfinoski, Harold Faber
Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Jan. 1, 2005)None
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