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Books in The Story of Exploration series

  • Exploring Caves

    Rebecca Felix

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Documents how the caves around the world have been, and continue to be, explored, citing famous caves and reasons why these underground areas have been scouted.
  • Exploring Space

    Robert Grayson

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Documents how space has been and continues to be explored, citing famous expeditions and reasons why people have chosen to explore the universe.
  • Exploring Polar Regions

    Judy Dodge Cummings

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Documents how the polar regions of the world have been, and continue to be, explored, citing famous expeditions and reasons why these frozen areas have been scouted.
  • Exploring Mountains

    Laura Perdew

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Documents how mountains around the world have been, and continue to be, explored, citing famous expeditions and reasons why these elevated areas have been scouted.
  • Exploring Under the Sea

    Mary K Pratt

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Documents how oceans around the world have been, and continue to be, explored, citing famous expeditions and reasons why these underwater areas have been scouted.
  • Exploring Deserts

    Karen Sirvaitis

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Documents how deserts around the world have been, and continue to be, explored, citing famous expeditions and reasons why these arid areas have been scouted.
  • Space Shuttles

    Robin Kerrod

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub Secondary Lib, July 1, 2004)
    Introduces early concepts of space shuttles, and chronicles the history of the American space shuttle program from the Dyna Soar and early lifting body experiments up until the 2003 loss of the Columbia.
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  • North America

    Guy Croton

    Library Binding (New Forest Pr, Aug. 1, 2010)
    Like fastfact readers, this core knowledge and curriculum guide offers personal accounts, maps and primary sources and offer the highest quality graphic presentation to thrill young readers. With hundreds of facts about North America and the world during the Age of Discovery and Exploration this book will introduce the logic of world trade and stimulate imaginative and thrilling reading and rereading.
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  • Pioneers of the Air

    Guy Croton

    Library Binding (New Forest Pr, Aug. 1, 2010)
    Traces the ways in which humans have achieved the dream of flying, from early balloons to contemporary commercial and experimental aircraft, and profiles notable fliers and other innovators.
    Y
  • Captain Cook & His Exploration of the Pacific

    Guy Croton

    Library Binding (New Forest Pr, Aug. 1, 2010)
    Recounts Captain James Cook's voyages to the Pacific, his discoveries and accomplishments, and his lasting impact on the field of exploration and the world at large.
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  • Drake & the Elizabethan Explorers

    Guy Croton

    Library Binding (New Forest Pr, Aug. 1, 2010)
    Highlights the life of Sir Francis Drake and his accomplishments as an explorer, and describes his legacy in the field of exploration and in world history.
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  • Africa

    Guy Croton

    Library Binding (New Forest Pr, Aug. 1, 2010)
    Recounts the efforts by travelers from ancient times to the nineteenth century to explore parts of Africa, describes their effects on the continent and its peoples, and profiles notable explorers.
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