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Henry Hudson: An Explorer of the Northwest Passage
Amie Hazleton
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2017)Explore the life of Henry Hudson in this captivating biography. In the early 1600s, England was amid the many countries in search of a northern passage to trade with the Far East. After many explorers failed, Henry Hudson was asked to try. Follow along the brave journey of Hudson and learn the importance of his voyage through the Northwest Passage.
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From Coronado to Escalante: The Explorers of teh Spanish Southwest
John Morris, William H. Goetzmann, MIchael Collins
Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1992)Traces the history of Spanish exploration of the American Southwest and Mexico.
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Sieur de La Salle: An Explorer of the Great West
Amie Hazleton
Paperback (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2017)Explore the life of Sieur de La Salle in this captivating biography. At the young age of 23, La Salle left France for the New World. La Salle was the first European to travel the entire length of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, claiming both the river and land for France. Follow along the brave journey of La Salle and learn the importance of his expeditions in the Great West.
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How Animals Talk
Susan McGrath
Hardcover (Natl Geographic Society, Oct. 1, 1987)Describes how animals communicate with each other by means of sight, sound, smell, and touch.
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Puppies
Judith E. Rinard, Joseph H. Bailey
Hardcover (Natl Geographic Society, June 1, 1982)Text and photos highlight the newborn care of puppies by their mothers and their subsequent selection, training, and care as pets.
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John Charles Fremont and the Great Western Reconnaissance
Edward D. Harris
Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, July 1, 1990)A biography of the nineteenth-century soldier, politician, and explorer whose many expeditions helped open up the western territories to settlers
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A world explorer: Hernando Cortés
Stewart Graff
Unknown Binding (Garrard Pub. Co, March 15, 1970)A biography of the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer who discovered the Aztec empire.
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Creatures of the Woods
Toni Eugene
Hardcover (Natl Geographic Society, June 1, 1985)Describes animals that may be found in forests and some of their activities.
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A world explorer: Roald Amundsen
Cateau De Leeuw
Hardcover (Garrard Pub. Co, March 15, 1965)Children's book
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Africa's Animal Giants
Jane R McCauley
Hardcover (National Geographic Society, March 15, 1987)Book by McCauley, Jane R
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What happens in the spring
Kathleen Costello Beer
Paperback (National Geographic Society, )Describes the changes in plants and animals in the spring.
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Wonders of the desert world
Judith E Rinard
Hardcover (National Geographic Society, May 15, 1976)Text and photographs discuss desert plants and animals such as the gila monster and caterpillar cactus.