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Summary: Uses primary source documents to follow Christopher Columbus on his journeys to the New World.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2018
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 970.01 KALWaxman, Laura Hamilton
Summary: Chronicles the life and career of Juan Ponce de Léon, tracing his travels in the Carribbean and his discoveries of Florida and Puerto Rico.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2018
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 910.92 WAXKallen, Stuart A.
Summary: Uses primary source documents to follow Francisco Vázquez de Coronado on his search for the Seven Cities of Cibola.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2018
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 910.92 KALSummary: From the top of Everest to the deepest recesses of previously unexplored caves, from the heart of the sea to the far reaches of space, African American explorers and adventurers have helped chart the unknown, push the boundaries of the frontier, scale the heights, and shoot for the stars. With profiles of courageous and pioneering figures like Arctic explorer Matthew Alexander Henson, the Lewis...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 AFRDavis, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YORMooney, Carla
Summary: Provides twenty-two step-by-step projects to help readers learn about the explorers that discovered America and their voyages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2011
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Summary: "In 1921, Inupait seamstress Ada Blackjack joined a a group of four white men who wanted to establish a trading post on Wrangel Island in the freezing Arctic Ocean. The explorers were stranded on the island when their return ship was forced to turn back due to ice. Facing harsh conditions and dwindling food supplies, the men died one by one, but Ada remained. Find out how she alone managed to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.92 PHICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC PHIBuckley, James.
Summary: "As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton's incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times. His courage in the face of dangerous conditions and unforeseeable tragedies reveal the great leader that he was. His historic 1914 journey...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SHAHarmon, Daniel E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2001
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB LA SALLE HARLevinson, Nancy Smiler.
Summary: A biography of the fifteenth-century Italian seaman and navigator who unknowingly discovered a new continent while looking for a western route to India.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lodestar Books 1990
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Summary: A biography of Christopher Columbus with emphasis on how historians have worked and are still working to find out the truth about his life and discoveries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner 1991
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB COL PELBarone, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.89 BARCummins, Julie.
Summary: Introduces inspiring women whose passions for exploration made them push the boundaries, including Nellie Cashman, Annie Smith Peck, and Delia Julia Denning Akeley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 CUMGallagher, Jim
Summary: A biography of the wealthy Spaniard who came to the New World to seek glory and who was the first European to reach the Mississippi River in 1541.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB DESOTO GALOtfinoski, Steven.
Summary: Recounts the explorations of Spanish soldier Juan Ponce de Len̤, who discovered, founded, and named Florida, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Benchmark Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PONWilliams, Glyndwr.
Contents: El Mar del Sur : the Spanish lake -- "The world encompassed" : Drake and his successors -- Geographical enigmas and literary utopias -- "They were not come out to go upon discovery" : buccaneers and interlopers in the South Sea -- "I speak as to the compass of my own knowledge" : Dampier's explorations and writings -- The "cruising voyages" of Dampier and Rogers -- "A gross, palpable illusion"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1997
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Discover the extraordinary history and thrilling frontiers of exploration with this gorgeously illustrated guide from The Explorers Club, the historic and esteemed home of the world's most prominent explorers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2023
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Summary: A brief introduction to the life and accomplishments of the Norwiegan explorer Lief Eriksson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's World 2003
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB ERIKSSON KLIFenster, J. M. (Julie M.)
Summary: "The surprising story of how Thomas Jefferson commanded an unrivaled age of American exploration, sending out waves of expeditions into the West after the Louisiana Purchase. In presiding over that era of discovery, Jefferson forged a great nation"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.4 FENKemper, Steve.
Contents: Preparations -- Invitation to Africa -- At the edge of the desert -- First steps -- Stalled in Murzuk -- The palace of demons -- To Aïr -- Plundered -- Days and nights in Tintellust -- Desert port -- Separate ways -- "The celebrated emporium of Negroland" -- An ending -- The kingdom of Bornu -- A mystery solved -- "The horde of the Welad Sliman" -- Razzia -- Captive in Bagirmi -- Letters from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916.70423 KEMMedina, Nico
Summary: "Hold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? Series! Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ERICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ERIMeltzer, Milton
Summary: Describes the voyages of Columbus, the terrible impact of the Spaniards on the Indians, and the ultimate cultural influence of the Native Americans on their white conquerors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F. Watts 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921COLMicklos, John
Summary: "English explorer Henry Hudson had long searched for a quicker, northern sailing route from Europe to Asia. Three previous expeditions had failed. In 1610, he embarked again to find the fabled Northwest Passage. But when icy waters stranded Hudson and the Discovery in a bay for the winter, tensions flared. The crew lost faith in their captain's leadership and began to plot...mutiny! Told...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.92 MICCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J910.92 MICShields, Charles J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2002