Books in Fact Finders Biographies: Great Explorers series

Provides an introduction to the life of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes, who conquered the Aztec Empire of Mexico.

Provides an introduction to the life of fifteenth-century Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, whose travels helped map the modern world.

Provides an introduction to the life of fifteenth-century Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, who strengthened his nation's power by expanding trade routes to India.

Provides an introduction to the life of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro, who conquered Peru while seeking a land filled with gold, silver, and other riches.

Provides an introduction to the life of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, who played an important role in the history of Puerto Rico and who discovered and named Florida.

Provides an introduction to the life of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer Marco Polo who traveled along the Silk Road to the court of Kublai Khan in China.

Describes the life, journey, and lasting impact upon world history of explorer Leif Eriksson.

Provides an introduction to the life of sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who found a passage for ships to sail west from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

An introduction to the life of seventeenth-century French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, later known as Sieur de La Salle, who explored the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.

Provides an introduction to the lives of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who played an important role in the history of the United States.

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Evelyn Cisneros, the famous Hispanic American ballet dancer.

Shores, Erika L.