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New worlds ahead: stories of Tudor and Stuart voyages
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John Hampden |
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Sea of darkness
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Roland Huntford |
'A novel of the young Columbus' - book jacket. |
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Stone heart
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Diane Glancy |
"In Stone Heart, Diane Glancy grippingly retells the story of American legend Sacajawea, the young Shoshoni woman who traveled with Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the West. Presented in Sacaj… |
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Vasco da Gama
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Allison Stark Draper |
Describes the fifteenth century voyages taken by Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama who furthered his nation's power by expanding trade routes to India. |
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The captain's dog
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Roland Smith |
Captain Meriwether Lewis's dog Seaman describes his experiences as he accompanies his master on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the uncharted western wilderness. |
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Around the world in a hundred years
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Jean Fritz |
Examines the great wave of European exploration during the fifteenth century which resulted in more accurate maps. |
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Exploration and Science
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Michael Reidy |
A simple question: Which came first, advances in navigation or successful voyages of discovery? A complicated answer: Both and neither. For more than four centuries, scientists and explorers have wor… |
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Polar Explorations
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Don Nardo |
Books in the World History series examine the eras, events, civilizations, and movements that have shaped human history, providing readers with insight into the past and its many legacies.; ; Vivid w… |
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Europe and the world
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Trevor Cairns |
Describes the period of early European exploration from the journeys of Marco Polo and discoveries of Eastern countries to the discovery and conquest of the Americas. |
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Can you survive Antarctica?
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Rachael Hanel |
"Describes the fight for survival while exploring Antarctica"--Provided by publisher. |
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The farfarers
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Farley Mowat |
L'auteur, spécialiste du Grand Nord canadien, vise à démontrer que des Européens (les Albains) ont séjourné dans l'Arctique dès le 9e siècle et que, par conséquent, les Vikings (venus de Normandie) n… |
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Mount Everest
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Nancy Dickmann |
Introduces Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world; describes the first expedition to the top of the mountain completed by Edmund HIllary and Tenzing Norgay; and explains why climbing the mo… |
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Explorers of the Nile
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Tim Jeal |
Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile. Showing exceptional courage and extraordinary resilience, Richar… |
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Columbus
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Laurence Bergreen |
An epic historical adventure awaits. Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a trading route to China, and his unexpected landfall in the Americas, is a watershed ev… |
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Histoire générale des voyages, ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer e…
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Abbé Prévost |
Covers the early explorations and discoveries on 3 continents: Africa (v. 1-5), Asia (v. 5-11), and America (v. 12-15). Materials on French, English, Dutch, and Portugese explorers and settlements ar… |
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Born in Africa
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Martin Meredith |
A dramatically told history of the quest to uncover the origins of humankind, from the acclaimed author of The State of Africa and Diamonds, Gold and War.
Africa does not give up its secrets easi… |
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The Longoria affair
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John J. Valadez |
A documentary on the Mexican-American civil rights movement. The film tells the story of one key injustice, the refusal, by a small-town funeral home in Texas after World War II, to care for a dead s… |
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The Explorer's Eye
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Fergus Fleming |
Combining firsthand accounts with original images in vintage black and white and brilliant color, The Explorer's Eye, gives insights into who these men and women were, how they operated, and what the… |
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Authority
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Jeff VanderMeer |
For thirty years, a secret agency called the Southern Reach has monitored expeditions into Area X, a remote and lush terrain mysteriously sequestered from civilization. After the twelfth expedition, … |
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The voyages of Captain Cook
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Anthony Cornish |
Captain James Cook is probably the most famous maritime explorer of all time, and with good reason. The three voyages of discovery he made between 1768 and his death in 1779 set new standards in navi… |
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