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  • Marco Polo And the Realm of Kublai Khan

    Tim McNeese

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub (Library), Sept. 1, 2005)
    In 1271, 17-year-old Marco Polo traveled from Venice to meet the great ruler of the east, Kublai Khan. This ruler of the enormous Mongol Empire invited Polo into his service; thus began Polo's 25 years of travel to the far corners of the Mongol empire. When Polo returned to Venice, he wrote The Book of Marco Polo, a book that would become world famous.
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  • First Men in Space

    Gregory P. Kennedy, William H. Goetzmann

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Feb. 1, 1991)
    Examines the early days of space exploration and the competition between the Soviet and American programs
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  • Jacques Cartier and the Exploration of Canada

    Dan Harmon

    School & Library Binding (Topeka Bindery, )
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  • Jacques Cartier, Samuel De Champlain and the Explorers of Canada

    Tony Coulter

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Sept. 1, 1992)
    The story of France's efforts, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, to establish a colony in Canada focuses on the lives of the three explorers who first navigated the country's waterways.

  • Sieur de La Salle: An Explorer of the Great West

    Amie Hazleton

    Library Binding (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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  • Jolliet and Marquette: Explorers of the Mississippi River

    Daniel E. Harmon

    School & Library Binding (Topeka Bindery, Aug. 16, 2001)
    Jolliet and Marquette: Explorers of the Mississippi River (Explorers of the New Worlds) [Aug 01, 2001] Harmon, Daniel E. … 061365434X
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  • Herodotus: And the Explorers of the Classical Age

    Ann Gaines

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 1994)
    Discusses the accounts of Greek historian Herodotus and the exploration of the world in which he lived

  • Theodore Roosevelt and the Exploration of the Amazon Basin

    Richard Kozar

    School & Library Binding (San Val, Oct. 16, 2000)
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  • Daniel Boone and the Opening of the Ohio Country

    Seamus Cavan

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 1991)
    Examines the life and times of Daniel Boone
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  • Captain James Cook: And the Explorers of the Pacific

    David Haney

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 1992)
    Examines the life and journeys of Captain Cook

  • Pizarro, Orellana, and the Exploration of the Amazon

    Brendon Bernhard

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Aug. 1, 1991)
    Describes the journey through the Amazon Basin made by Orellana and Pizarro in the early sixteenth century. Also discusses the Inca and the conquest of South America by the Spanish.

  • Hernando Cortes And The Fall Of The Aztecs

    Rachel A. Koestler-Grack

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub (Library), Sept. 1, 2005)
    In 1519, with a small band of a few hundred soldiers, Cortes invaded the mighty Aztec empire. Although the Aztecs greatly outnumbered them, Cortes's men were able to conquer the natives and capture their emperor. The arrival of Cortes in 1519 helped shape Mexico today.
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