Books in Explorers and Exploration series

Describes the journey of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama around Africa's Cape of Good Hope, which opened up an important trade route from Portugal to the East Indies.

A biography of the English explorer and sea captain who explored three North American waterways later named for him--the Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Strait.

Presents a biography of the daring Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition that sailed around the world.

Describes the journeys of French explorer who joined an expedition to Canada and founded a settlement at Quebec, joined the Algonquins and Hurons against the Iroquis in an attempt to keep the land, and became the leader of New France.

Looks at the lives of the two Italian explorers and their voyages to North America and their attempts to reach the Orient.

Describes the life and explorations of the conquistador whose search for the Seven Cities of Gold led to the exploration of the American Southwest in the 1500s.

A biography of the Italian traveler who became the first European to cross Asia completely and document his experiences.

The life and conquests of the Spanish explorer who joined an expedition to the New World in 1502 and subsequently claimed for Spain parts of Mexico, Central America, and South America including Peru.

Describes the expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the unknown western regions of America at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Book by Crisfield, Deborah

A biography of the explorer whose brutal conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico was responsible for the first Spanish settlements in the New World.

Describes the voyages of La Salle to North America, the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and the Gulf of Mexico.