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-- One hundred explorers who shaped world history1996., Bluewood Books Call No: 923.9 PRE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Herodotus, Xenophon, St. Brendan, Erik the Red, Lief Ericson, Marco Polo, Henry the Navigator, Vincente Pinzon, Martin Pinzon, Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot), Bartholomeu Diaz, Amerigo Vespucci, Juan Ponce De Leon, Pedro Alvares Cabral, Juao Cabrillo, Tristao (Tristan) Da Cunha, Vasco Da Gama, Francisco Pizzaro, Sebastian Cabot, Vasco Nunez De Balboa, Ferdinand Magellan, Giovanni Da Verrazano, Francisco De Orellana, Jacques Cartier, Hernando De Soto, Francisco De Coronado, Sir Martin Frobisher, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Francis Drake, Willem Barents, Sir Walter Raleigh, Henry Hudson, Samuel De Champlain, Etienne Brule, Abel Janszoon Tasman, Pierre Esprit Radisson, Jacques Marquette, Robert Cavalier De La Salle, Louis Joliet, Vitus Bering, Sieur De La Verendrye, James Cook, George Vancouver, William Clark, David Thompson, Meriwether Lewis, Sir John Ross, Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Sir John Franklin, Jedediah Strong Smith, Charles Wilkes, Frederic Cailliaud, Rene Auguste Caillie, Sir James Ross.
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1999., Checkmark Books / an imprint of Facts On File, Inc. Call No: 998 DEL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The story of explorers who risked and sometimes lost their lives in search of a sea route connecting Europe with Asia, known as the Northwest Passage.
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1999., Pre-adolescent, Lucent Books Call No: 923.9 FLO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: World history seriesSummary Note: Discusses the discoveries of several notable explorers active between 1492 and 1522, including Columbus, Da Gama, Drake, and Magellan.
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1968., F. E. Faulkner Print Co. Call No: 921 RADISSON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells of the capture of a French youth--who later became a founder of the Hudson's Bay Fur Company--by the Mohawk Indians who carried him to their New York State home where he lived as an adopted son of a chief until he made his escape.
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1996., Atheneum Call No: 970.01 WES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Covers the discovery and exploration of North America by a variety of European explorers including the Vikings, John and Sebastian Cabot and the French.
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c2012, Pre-adolescent, ABDO Pub. Call No: 970.01 6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Hispanic American historySummary Note: Follows the time line of Hispanic American culture, discussing the movements, struggles, and successes of the Latin people in the United States beginning in the 1500s, and describing Spanish settlements throughout the United States the accomplishments of key historical figures.
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c2002., Compass Point Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Exploring the worldSummary Note: Text and illustrations survey French explorer Jacques Cartier's search for a water route across the Americas in the sixteenth century, describing Cartier's life before his voyages, his land claims in Canada, his crew's harsh Canadian winter in 1535-36, and the troubled Roberval Colony, providing a glossary, lists of important dates and people, and selected further resources.
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c2002., Compass Point Books Call No: B CAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Exploring the worldSummary Note: Text and illustrations survey French explorer Jacques Cartier's search for a water route across the Americas in the sixteenth century, describing Cartier's life before his voyages, his land claims in Canada, his crew's harsh Canadian winter in 1535-36, and the troubled Roberval Colony, providing a glossary, lists of important dates and people, and selected further resources.
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c2002, Pre-adolescent, Compass Point Books Call No: 971.01 13 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Exploring the worldSummary Note: Text and illustrations survey French explorer Jacques Cartier's search for a water route across the Americas in the sixteenth century, describing Cartier's life before his voyages, his land claims in Canada, his crew's harsh Canadian winter in 1535-36, and the troubled Roberval Colony, providing a glossary, lists of important dates and people, and selected further resources.
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c2004., Tundra Books ; Tundra Books of Northern New York Call No: B CHA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A introduction to the life and work of Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer and trader who founded Quebec.
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c2012, Pre-adolescent, ABDO Pub. Call No: 970.01 6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Hispanic American historySummary Note: Profiles numerous conquistadors related to Hispanic American history.
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2020., Juvenile, Candlewick Studio Call No: B Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Chronicles the life of Alfred Russel Wallace, friend and rival of Charles Darwin, who simultaneously discovered the theory of natural selection. Explains how he became a naturalist and explorer, and details his discoveries about butterflies and birds in the Amazon rainforest, Singapore, Malay Archipelago, and Borneo. Includes color illustrations, maps, a glossary, and additional resources.
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By Smith, Tomc2005, Facts on File Call No: 909 .09812 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Discovery & explorationSummary Note: Chronicles the events of the discovery of the Americas, beginning with Christopher Columbus's 1492 expedition which led him to present-day Cuba, and discussing the subsequent journeys and conquests of Balboa, Cortes, Pizarro, and others, as well as the establishment of Spanish missions in California.
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c2005., Juvenile, Facts on File Call No: 973 SMI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Discovery & explorationSummary Note: Chronicles the events of the discovery of the Americas, beginning with Christopher Columbus's 1492 expedition which led him to present-day Cuba, and discussing the subsequent journeys and conquests of Balboa, Cortes, Pizarro, and others, as well as the establishment of Spanish missions in California.
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1998., Barron's Educational Series Call No: 960 HYNSON Edition: U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great explorers (Barron's Educational Series)
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1991., Juvenile, Knopf : Distributed by Random House Call No: 910.9 MAT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Eyewitness booksSummary Note: Highlights various explorers and their discoveries.
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c2006., Juvenile, Hammond Call No: 911 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This book introduces explorations to discover land, people, and treasures, from the time of the Vikings (1000 A.D.) to the modern times of the twentieth century. These explorers include: The Vikings, Marco polo, Columbus, Vasco di Gama, Magellan, Pizarro, La Salle, Captain Cook, Livingstone, Stanley, Burke, Wills, Shackleton.
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2008., Pre-adolescent, Children's Press Call No: 920 TAY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A True bookSummary Note: Uses time lines, illustrations, photographs and maps to help present facts and information about the people who explored North America and how their discoveries changed history.
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1989., Franklin Watts Call No: 923.9 LEO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the voyages of explorers who reached the shores of North America before Columbus. Discusses Eric the Red, Leif Ericsson, the Norse settlements, and ancient visitors to South and Latin America.
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2000., Pre-adolescent, Abdo Call No: 978 .02 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Frontier land.Summary Note: Describes the efforts of such men as Coronado, de Soto, Drake, and, in particular, Lewis and Clark to search for what came to be known as the Northwest Passage.