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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
New worlds ahead: stories of Tudor and Stuart voyages	John Hampden	192 p. 23 cm	OL1131819W
Stone heart	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…	OL14534W
Vasco da Gama	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.	OL15042805W
Around the world in a hundred years	Jean Fritz	Examines the great wave of European exploration during the fifteenth century which resulted in more accurate maps.	OL15133204W
Exploration and Science	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…	OL15174381W
Polar Explorations	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…	OL15521143W
Europe and the world	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.	OL15854197W
Can you survive Antarctica?	Rachael Hanel	"Describes the fight for survival while exploring Antarctica"--Provided by publisher.	OL15920913W
Columbus	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…	OL16360841W
Authority	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, …	OL17453058W
The Phantom Atlas	Edward Brooke-Hitching	The Phantom Atlas is an atlas of the world not as it ever existed, but as it was thought to be. These marvellous and mysterious phantoms -- non-existent islands, invented mountain ranges, mythical ci…	OL17761052W
Quintessence	David Walton	"Imagine an Age of Exploration full of alchemy, human dissection, sea monsters, betrayal, torture, religious controversy, and magic. In Europe, the magic is thin, but at the edge of the world, where …	OL17872505W
Explore with Jacques Cartier	Marie Powell	This book follows French explorer Jacques Cartier to the New World where he claimed the new territory called Canada for France.	OL17893406W
Daniel Boone	David Armentrout	Describes the life and times of Daniel Boone, a man associated with the exploration of Kentucky and the westward expansion of the American frontier.	OL1809932W
The Last Voyage	Hammond Innes	On 12 July 1776, Captain James Cook sailed from Plymouth in search of the North-West Passage. This is the story he might have written. The book is an imagined diary, showing a great seaman stretched …	OL1821994W
Explorers of the Arctic and Antarctic	Edward F. Dolan	Describes the men and expeditions that explored the "ice deserts" of the North and South poles. Includes Barents, Ross, Nansen, Peary, Scott, and Cook.	OL1977081W
Antarctica	David Day	Explains the history of Antarctica, focusing on the explorers and sailors drawn to the continent, the scientific investigations that have taken place there, and the geopolitical implications of the l…	OL19969513W
Where is the Amazon?	Sarah Fabiny	Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the "population" of this geographic wonderland.	OL20026684W
Ultimate explorer guide for kids	Justin Miles	Ultimate Explorer Guide for Kids presents straightforward advice on what every explorer must know if they are to survive the most daunting challenges the world has to offer. The ultimate adventures a…	OL20051401W
It's all about... Epic Explorers	Kingfisher	32 pages : 22 cm	OL20499264W