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Marriott, Emma

Summary: Discover the incredible journeys of more than 60 explorers from across the world and throughout history in this big, fun, illustrated compendium. Among the adventurers you'll meet are famous figures such as Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, and Roald Amundsen, as well as lesser-known intrepids, including Jeanne Baret, the first woman to circumnavigate the Earth (which she did disguised...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Ltd 2022

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.922 MAR

Davis, Hasan

Summary: "Thomas Jefferson's Corps of Discovery included Captains Lewis and Clark and a crew of 28 men to chart a route from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. All the crew but one volunteered for the mission. York, the enslaved man taken on the journey, did not choose to go. Slaves did not have choices. York's contributions to the expedition, however, were invaluable. The captains came to rely on York's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YOR

Barone, Rebecca (Rebecca E.)

Summary: "In 1910, Captain Robert Scott prepared his crew for a trip that no one had ever completed: a journey to the South Pole. He vowed to get there any way he could, even if it meant looking death in the eye. Then, not long before he set out, the telegram arrived: "Proceeding to Antarctic - Roald Amundsen." What was to be an expedition had become a race. One hundred and eight years later, Captain...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021

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