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Colombo Português - Novas Revelações
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Manuel da Silva Rosa |
Investigation of the facts surrounding Christopher Columbus history and proof that much of the history was misinterpreted. New facts including DNA show that Columbus was not a Colombo from Italy. |
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Crossing the continent, 1527-1540
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Robert Goodwin |
The true story of America's first great explorer and adventurer—an African slave named Esteban DorantesCrossing the Continent takes us on an epic journey from Africa to Europe and America as Dr. Robe… |
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Jim Beckwourth
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Wyatt Blassingame |
Biography of the nineteenth-century hunter, trapper, Indian chief, trader, gold seeker, innkeeper, and rancher who discovered a pass in the Sierra Nevadas which bears his name. |
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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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Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the New World
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Carole S. Gallagher |
A biography of the Italian explorer who, in the fifteenth century, became the first European to discover the West Indies islands, located below the southernmost tip of the United States, in three his… |
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Henry Hudson
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Isaac Asimov |
Describes the adventures of the seventeenth-century English explorer, from his search for a short route from Europe to the Orient to his mysterious disappearance after members of his crew mutinied. |
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The Explorers
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Scott Ciencin |
Long ago, a group of brave Troodon knights undertook difficult quests to help their fellow Dinotopians. They called themselves the Explorers. When five young descendants of these knights hear the her… |
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Hernando Cortés
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R. Conrad Stein |
A biography of Mexico's conqueror. |
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Explorers
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Dennis B. Fradin |
Discusses the reasons people go exploring, and traces the history of exploration from ancient civilization through the space program. |
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I love my mami!
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Judy Katschke |
Dora the Explorer spends a fun day with her mother. |
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Le città invisibili
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Italo Calvino |
"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities visited on his expeditions, but the emperor of the Tartars does continue listening to the young Venet… |
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Brutal journey
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Schneider, Paul |
This book tells the story of an army of would-be conquerors who came to the New World on the heels of Cortés. Bound for glory, they landed in Florida in 1528. But only four of the four hundred would … |
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The last voyage of Columbus
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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… |
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Walter Raleigh
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Susan Korman |
A brief biography of the adventurous Englishman who explored America, attempted to establish a colony on Roanoke Island, and searched for gold in South America. |
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Through a land of extremes
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Nicholas Clinch,Elizabeth Clinch |
Just a husband and wife traveling with a little dog. Suddenly Teresa asked Willie to give her the Mannlicher. The number two Tibetan lama tried to dash out of the tent but St. George collared him and… |
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Accidental explorers
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Rebecca Stefoff |
Discusses the role of chance in the discoveries of such explorers as Columbus, Ponce de Leon, Dr. David Livingstone, and Jedediah Smith. |
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The Shackleton expedition
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Jil Fine |
Recounts the story of Shackleton's dangerous exploration of Antarctica under harsh conditions. |
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Magellan and the first voyage around the world
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Nancy Smiler Levinson |
Recounts Ferdinand Magellan's journey around the world, despite hardship's of hunger, violent weather, and attacks, this voyage changed history by proving the world is round. Determined to find a new… |
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Finding Everett Ruess
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David Stuart Roberts |
Finding Everett Ruess by David Roberts, with a foreword by Jon Krakauer, is the definitive biography of the artist, writer, and eloquent celebrator of the wilderness whose bold solo explorations of t… |
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Roald Amundsen
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Roald Amundsen |
My life as an Explorer is a classic of Polar literature, written by the one man to do more to further the exploration of both Polar regions than any other person. First sailing to the Antarctic in th… |
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