Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Amerigo Vespucci, scientist and sailor Amerigo Vespucci, scientist and sailor Ronald Syme A biography of Amerigo Vespucci, whose discoveries of the American Continent remained unrecognized for many centuries. OL4481362W
Bolívar, the liberator Bolívar, the liberator Ronald Syme A biography of the man who devoted his life to liberating South America and who, at the peak of his career, was president of five South American countries. OL4481366W
Fur trader of the North Fur trader of the North Ronald Syme Biography of an eighteenth-century fur trader from New France who, while searching for a river leading to the Pacific, discovered instead areas in western North America. OL4481373W
Geronimo, the fighting Apache Geronimo, the fighting Apache Ronald Syme A biography of the Apache chief who rose to leadership through the ranks and led one of the last great Indian uprisings in the nineteenth century. OL4481374W
Osceola, Seminole leader Osceola, Seminole leader Ronald Syme A biography of the Seminole leader who spent his life fighting the white men's attempts to deport his people from Florida. OL4481387W
Toussaint; the Black liberator Toussaint; the Black liberator Ronald Syme A biography of the eighteenth-century slave who led his people in the struggle for an independent Haiti. OL4481397W
Vancouver Vancouver Ronald Syme A biography of the English explorer whose four and a half year search for the legendary Northwest Passage produced charts and records that helped open up the Pacific Northwest. OL4481399W
De Soto, finder of the Mississippi De Soto, finder of the Mississippi Ronald Syme A biography of the Spanish explorer who searched for gold in Florida and who was the first white man to cross the Mississippi River. OL4481424W