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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
A chronological history of the discovery of the Aleutian Islands	Vasiliĭ Nikolaevich Berkh	Translation of work first published in 1823.	OL13345981W
Leif Eriksson	Michael Burgan	Presents an account of the life and explorations of Leif Eriksson, who led a group of Vikings from Greenland on a voyage which ended on the shores of North America.	OL15037060W
Beyond the sea of ice	Joan E. Goodman	An account of Henry Hudson's four voyages in search of a passage to the Orient in the early seventeenth century and the discoveries made by him on the northeastern coast of America.	OL15129069W
The last voyage of Columbus	Martin Dugard	An account of Columbus's fourth and final voyage describes the aging captain's determination to find a passage to the Orient, recounting how his efforts where challenged by shipwreck, mutiny, and pol…	OL15837665W
Christopher Columbus And The Age Of Exploration For Kids With 21 Activities	Ronald A. Reis	xiii, 145 pages : 22 x 28 cm	OL17419742W
Christopher Columbus	Jessica Sarah Gunderson,Timothy J. Griffin	"Explores the life of Christopher Columbus through his exploration of the New World"--Provided by publisher.	OL18155858W
Christopher Columbus	Tanya Larkin	Brief text and illustrations chronicle the life, voyages, and discoveries of the intrepid explorer.	OL19131273W
North America from earliest discovery to first settlements	David B. Quinn	Details the activities of the Europeans who discovered, explored, and attempted to settle North America.	OL1945481W
Christopher Columbus	Martin Howard	Christopher Columbus, As the explorer who took three small boats across the Atlantic and found an undiscovered continent, he was a hero.	OL24701797W
Pizarro	Liz Sonneborn	"Examines the life of Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro, including his early explorations in the Americas, his conquest of Peru and the Inca Empire, and his death and legacy"--Provided by publisher.	OL2718753W
Lords Of The Sea	Allison Lassieur	Lords of the Sea: The Vikings Explore the North Atlantic – In graphic novel format, recounts the story of the Viking's exploration of the North Atlantic Ocean.	OL2750528W
The monkey's bridge	David Rains Wallace	"When the Panama land bridge between North and South America formed three million years ago, plants and animals surged back and forth in an evolutionary cross-fertilization creating one of the world'…	OL29184W
Christopher Columbus	Piero Ventura	A brief biography of Christopher Columbus highlighting his ocean voyages and discovery of new lands.	OL3459880W
Diario y derrotero	Vélez de Escalante, Silvestre	The chronicle of Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez's remarkable 1776 expedition through the Rocky Mountains, the eastern Great Basin, and the Colorado Plateau to inventory new lands for the Spanish c…	OL3507644W
The search for El Dorado	Hemming, John	Chronicles early expeditions to uncover the treasures of El Dorado and looks at the culture, sophisticated skills, and traditions of the Colombian Indians.	OL4463010W
Man comes to America	Harold Coy	Discusses the various theories of early man's arrival in the Americas, his settlements, and his means of survival.	OL5508870W
The Lewis and Clark Expedition	Christine Webster	Discusses the early nineteenth-century journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark through the Louisiana Purchase and beyond, for the purpose of exploring the land and establishing friendly relatio…	OL5713207W
Imaginary cities of gold	Peter O. Koch	"This book examines the elements of Spain's attempt at expanding its empire. Part One tells the story of Cabeza de Vaca, along with three other survivors of the ill-fated Panfilo de Narvaez expeditio…	OL5832380W
The Armature of Conquest	Beatriz Pastor Bodmer	The discovery, exploration, and conquest of the New World is here imaginatively treated as a journey from fantasy to reality, from complicity to rejection, from mythification to criticism. Focusing o…	OL8443648W
The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies (Transformations: Studies in the His…	Nicolás Wey Gómez	"Everyone knows that in 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic, seeking a new route to the East. Few note, however, that Columbus's intention was also to sail south, to the tropics…	OL9359356W