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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Colombo Português - Novas Revelações	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.	OL10237821W
Lewis and Clark	John Edwin Bakeless	First authoritative biography of two great explorers. Based on original research and diaries of expedition members, book records day-by-day occurrences, dangers, hardships, Indian customs and lore, m…	OL1184009W
An Antarctic affair	Emma McEwin	"An Antarctic Affair is a story of endurance, heoric survival and love by Douglas Mawson's great-granddaughter, Emma McEwin."--Backcover.	OL11963965W
Crossing the continent, 1527-1540	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…	OL12037108W
Magellan	Michael Burgan	A biography outlining the life of Ferdinand Magellan who led an expedition and exploration to the Spice Islands by sailing west, and circumnavigating around the world.	OL14580W
Marco Polo	Michael Burgan	A biography of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer whose book about his travels across Asia and work for Kubla Khan helped to launch the Age of Exploration.	OL14581W
Explorers in early Texas	Betsy Warren	Discusses the Spanish and French explorations of what is now Texas, between 1519 and 1778, by Alonso Piñeda, Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, La Salle, Terán, and Mézières.	OL14855475W
Antarctica	Walter Dean Myers	Walter Dean Myers presents a thrilling record of Antarctica and the expedition parties that have uncovered the frozen continent throughout history. Walter Dean Myers brings the dramatic race to the S…	OL14913000W
Henry Hudson	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.	OL14959155W
Lewis and Clark on the trail of discovery	Rod Gragg	Describes the expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the unknown western regions of America at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Includes facsimiles of journal entries…	OL14962900W
Juan Ponce de Leon and the search for the Fountain of Youth	Daniel E. Harmon	A biography of the Spanish explorer and governor of Cuba, who attempted to find the Fountain of Youth in the New World.	OL15012414W
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
Exploring the earth with John Wesley Powell	Michael Elsohn Ross	A biography of the geologist who mapped the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon. Includes related activities.	OL15041500W
Francisco Coronado and the exploration of the American Southwest	Hal Marcovitz	A biography of the conquistador whose quest for the Seven Cities of Gold led to the exploration of the American Southwest in 1540.	OL15054490W
Sagres & Suiderkruis	O.J.O. Ferreira,Schalk W. le Roux	The connections between Portugal and South Africa are older than those of any other European country, yet for most South Africans Portugal is but an insignificant small country somewhere near Spain. …	OL15116741W
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
Not inside this house!	Kevin Lewis	Rhyming text follows a young explorer as he discovers bugs and then increasingly larger creatures, brings them home to learn about them, and is warned by his mother that each is unwelcome.	OL15520724W
Who Was Marco Polo? (Who Was...?)	Nancy Harrison,Joan Holub,O'Brien, John	Una biografía del famoso viajero veneciano medieval, Marco Polo. A biography of the famous medieval Venetian traveler, Marco Polo.	OL158608W
Mount Everest	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…	OL16191331W
The adventures of Marco Polo	Demi	A biography of the thirteenth-century Venetian merchant and traveler who spent twenty-five years in Asia and became the friend of Kublai Khan.	OL16273090W