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Books in Great Journeys Acoss Earth series

  • Great Journeys: THE CONQUEST OF EVEREST

    Mike Rosen

    Hardcover (Wayland Publishers, March 15, 1989)
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  • The Voyages of James Cook

    Jason Hook, Richard Hook

    Hardcover (Hodder Wayland, May 31, 1990)
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  • The Spice Trade

    Donald Wells

    Library Binding (Weigl Pub Inc, Aug. 1, 2004)
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  • North Across the Border: The Story of the Mexican Americans

    Lila Perl

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Dec. 1, 2001)
    Discusses the history of the Mexican people, including the arrival of the Spanish, the migration of Mexicans to the United States, and various movements for equal rights.
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  • The Voyages of Captain Cook

    Jason Hook

    Library Binding (Bookwright Pr, Oct. 1, 1990)
    Describes the voyages of exploration made by the renowned eighteenth-century navigator
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  • Beyond the Frontier: The Story of the Trails West

    Edward F Dolan

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Among the authors of this highly acclaimed series are Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer, Coretta Scott King Award winner James Haskins and noted author Raymond Bial. The series itself focuses on major population shifts in America and the driving forces behind them. The authors' vivid accounts are given additional immediacy with the inclusion of excerpts from diaries, newspaper articles and letters.
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  • The Travels of Marco Polo

    Mike Rosen, Peter Bull

    Library Binding (Bookwright Pr, March 1, 1989)
    The strange and wonderful experiences of the 13th-century explorer are recounted in this book which highlights his journey to China from Venice and back and his 17 years at Kublai Khan's court
  • The Race to the South Pole

    Rupert Matthews, Doug Post

    Library Binding (Bookwright Pr, July 1, 1989)
    An account of the competition between explorers to reach the South Pole with emphasis on the events of the rival expeditions led by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen and the British Robert Scott between 1910 and 1913.
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  • The First Transatlantic Flight

    Mike Rosen, Richard Scollins

    Library Binding (Bookwright Pr, Oct. 1, 1989)
    Describes the first flight over the Atlantic from Canada to Great Britain made in 1919 by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown and the first solo flight from New York to Paris made in 1927 by Charles Lindbergh.
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  • Amundsen & Scott's Race to the South Pole

    Liz Gogerly

    Hardcover (Heinemann Intl Inc, March 30, 2008)
    Part of a series which looks at the journeys of great explorers throughout history, this book details Amundsen and Scott's journey to the South Pole.
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  • North America

    Rennay Craats

    Library Binding (Weigl Pub Inc, June 1, 2004)
    Book by Craats, Rennay
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  • The Spice Trade

    Donald Wells

    Paperback (Weigl Pub Inc, July 29, 2001)
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