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1) Explorer
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2005, 2012
Edition
Rev. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Photographs and text examine the history of explorers and exploration, and highlight many of their discoveries.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow/HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. Its mission was "to proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas" and unite the whole world in Confucian harmony. When it returned in October 1423, the emperor had fallen, leaving China in political and economic chaos. The great ships were left to rot at their moorings and the records of their journeys were destroyed....
Series
Publisher
Encyclopedia Britannica
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
This book covers native peoples and cultures of prehistoric America as well as those that flourished at the time of European contact in the 1500s. We can better understand these peoples, both past and present, by opening ourselves to both scientific and religious elements of their lives.
Author
Series
Ethan Gage adventures volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ethan Gage wants to enjoy the fruits of victory after helping Napoleon win the Battle of Marengo, but an ill-advised tryst with Bonaparte's married sister has made that impossible. So now, with President Thomas Jefferson's blessings, Ethan and a mystic Norwegian, Magnus Bloodhammer, embark upon an expedition into America's western wilderness--dodging hostile Indians and a British seductress as they search for the mythical hammer of the Norse god Thor....
8) Africa
Author
Series
Publisher
NewForest Press
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
Recounts the efforts by travelers from ancient times to the nineteenth century to explore parts of Africa, describes their effects on the continent and its peoples, and profiles notable explorers.
9) Magellan
Author
Series
Publisher
NewForest Press
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
With hundreds of facts about the Americas and the world during the Age of Discovery and Exploration, this book offers a comprehensive, informative. and highly readable introduction to the world of Ferdinand Magellan.
10) Dreams of eagles
Author
Series
Eagles series volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the greatest western writers of the 21st century, the classic second adventure in The Eagles, one of the most iconic and beloved sagas of the American frontier, is back in print as legendary Scottish frontiersman Jamie MacCallister blazes through the Wild West.
In peace and war, he was the soul of a nation—and the flesh and blood of the American Frontier . . .
It was a virgin land of vast horizons. . .a land of...
In peace and war, he was the soul of a nation—and the flesh and blood of the American Frontier . . .
It was a virgin land of vast horizons. . .a land of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
©2012
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
"A history of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's famed 1804-06 journey, detailing the challenges encountered, the individuals involved, the discoveries made, and how the expedition left its mark upon the world"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Survival tails volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"A group of sled dogs must race to survive during a perilous journey across Antarctica"--
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