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  • Vasco Da Gama: So Strong a Spirit

    Patricia Calvert

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Recounts the voyages undertaken by fifteenth-century Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama to strengthen his nation's power by establishing a sea trade route to India.
    V

  • Sir Ernest Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer

    Patricia Calvert

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Jan. 1, 2003)
    Presents the life and Arctic explorations of Sir Ernest Shackleton.
    T

  • Richard Francis Burton: Explorer, Scholar, Spy

    Serinity Young Ed

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Aug. 1, 2006)
    "An examination of the life and journeys of the famed world explorer"--Provided by publisher.
    R

  • Henry Hudson: In Search of the Northwest Passage

    Steven Otfinoski

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Aug. 31, 2006)
    "An examination of the life and accomplishments of the famed explorer who lent his name to several geographic locations in North America"--Provided by publisher.
    Y

  • Daniel Boone: Beyond the Mountains

    Patricia Calvert

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Nov. 1, 2001)
    Covers the life and explorations of Daniel Boone, highlighting his experiences through Kentucky and Missouri using maps, text, and illustrations.
    T

  • Explorations: First Contact

    Isaac Hooke, Ralph Kern, Richard Fox, Stephen Moss, Peter Cawdron, Josh Hayes, Scott Moon, Robert M. Campbell, PP Corcoran, Chris Kennedy

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Jan. 29, 2017)
    BECOME AN EXPLORER TODAY! An exciting collection of First Contact science fiction stories, each set in the same universe. Join many of today's best SF authors as they tell you stories of explorations. The Sphere ship appeared suddenly, damaged and dying. After making contact, Earth learned they weren’t alone in the universe. The Sphere gave them knowledge of space travel, and coordinates to other races spread across the expanse. It asked them to continue its mission of exploration and contact, but also left them with a stark warning: Stay away from the Star. Over the next twenty years, the United Earth Foundation formed, and their ships were built, their displacement drives giving them the sphere shape when engaged. Their Mission: First Contact Prologue - Stephen Moss Deja Vu - Peter Cawdron The Signal - Ralph Kern Status: Inactive - Richard Fox The Bottom Line - Chris Kennedy End of the Line - Robert M. Campbell Mercurial Rescue - Isaac Hooke The Mission - PP Corcoran The Last Command - Nick Bailey Sleeping Giant - PJ Strebor The Darklady - Scott Moon Triaxial - Stephen Moss Harbinger - Josh Hayes Epilogue - Empyrean - Jacob Cooper Join the SciFiExplorations.com newsletter and become an Explorer today! http://eepurl.com/ccWrwf

  • Marco Polo: To China and Back

    Steven Otfinoski

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Feb. 1, 2003)
    Otfinoski, Steven
    S

  • Zebulon Pike: Lost in the Rockies

    Patricia Calvert

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 30, 2005)
    None

  • Sir Francis Drake: Navigator and Pirate

    Earle Rice Jr., E Rice Jr

    Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, Oct. 1, 2002)
    What must it have been like to be the first to circumnavigate the globe or traverse America from shore to shore? What political, social and financial factors of the day encouraged exploration? What personal dreams and desires drove these fearless men to search the vast unknown waters and lands, to tempt danger time and time again, all in the name of discovery? In Great Explorations, acclaimed authors including recent Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer guide us through the adventures of the indomitable explorers who knew first-hand the joys and sorrows of pioneering.
    V

  • Vasco Nunez de Balboa: Explorer of the Pacific

    Steven Otfinoski

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2004)
    Describes the life of Vasco Nuänez de Balboa, the Spanish explorer who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean and who conceived the idea of a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific.
    V

  • Kit Carson: He Led the Way

    Patricia Calvert

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2006)
    Calvert, Patricia
    Y

  • Lewis and Clark: From Ocean to Ocean

    Harold Faber

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2001)
    What must it have been like to be the first to circumnavigate the globe or traverse America from shore to shore? What political, social and financial factors of the day encouraged exploration? What personal dreams and desires drove these fearless men to search the vast unknown waters and lands, to tempt danger time and time again, all in the name of discovery? In Great Explorations, acclaimed authors including recent Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer guide us through the adventures of the indomitable explorers who knew first-hand the joys and sorrows of pioneering.
    V