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1) Alaska
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Language
English
Description
Moving from Alaskan prehistory, to Russian exploration, to acquisition by the United States, to statehood, this richly detailed historical novel chronicles the high points of Alaska's history through the lives of fictional and historical characters. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
Moving from Alaskan prehistory, to Russian exploration, to acquisition by the United States, to statehood, this richly detailed historical novel chronicles the high points...
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English
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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 event in world history. Yet Columbus made three more voyages within the span of only a decade, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to Christianity. These later voyages were even more adventurous, violent, and ambiguous,...
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Discover the extraordinary history and thrilling frontiers of exploration with this gorgeously illustrated guide from The Explorers Club, the historic and esteemed home of the world's most prominent explorers"--
"Discover the extraordinary history and thrilling frontiers of exploration with this gorgeously illustrated guide from The Explorers Club, the esteemed home of the world's most prominent explorers. The discovery of the North and South Poles....
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Language
English
Description
How did America become g2sone nation, indivisibleg3s? What unified a growing number of disparate states into the modern country we recognize today? To answer these questions, Winchester follows in the footsteps of America{u2019}s most essential explorers, thinkers, and innovators, such as Lewis and Clark and the leaders of the Great Surveys; the builders of the first transcontinental telegraph and the powerful civil engineer behind the Interstate...
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London explorers volume 1
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English
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Description
"All of London is abuzz with the tale of Will Repton. The lone survivor of a massacre in Tibet has returned to England a hero, but the traumatized explorer has no time for glory. Another dangerous expedition awaits. Nothing will deter him from his quest, and no one will unearth his secret-until Will meets Charlotte Baker. Vivacious Charlotte Baker also has a mission-to find a man whose bold spirit matches her own. When she meets Will Repton, she immediately...
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In the final decade of the nineteenth century, rival expeditions to northern Greenland led by whaler's daughter Flora Mackie and the ruthlessly ambitious Lester Armitage cross paths, setting in motion a chain of events with tragic outcomes.
10) Explorers
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Anyone can be an explorer. But every explorer must be brave and determined. Meet the men and women who have pushed themselves to the limit"--Page 4 of cover.
11) Explorers
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Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Profiles the lives and accomplishments of such women known for their travels as Isabella Bird Bishop, Amelia Earhart, Mary Kingsley, Annie Smith Peck, Freya Stark, and Valentina Tereshkova.
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"One vital piece of equipment has been a constant in explorers' kits for centuries of adventure--the sketchbook or journal. Often private, they are records of immediate experiences, insight, and discovery, and in their pages we can see what the explorers themselves encountered. Here are carefully selected excerpts from 70 such sketchbooks from explorers through history to the present, records by men and women who journeyed into frozed wastelands,...
13) Beyond the pond
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A boy discovers that the pond in his backyard contains a whole world ready to be explored.
14) Be an explorer
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Series
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Language
English
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Description
"Have you ever wished you could find your way by the stars, predict the weather, or discover fossils? Look no further for the tools and skills you need to be a successful explorer."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The stories of two dozen fascinating female explorers, from a wide range of eras, cultures, races, and economic backgrounds, are profiled in this entertaining and educational resource. Each of the women profiled overcame many obstacles to satisfy her curiosity and passions, including Eleanor Creesy, who was a ship's navigator in the 1800s; Kate Jackson, an insatiable investigator of venomous snakes whose work has led her to remote Africa and Latin...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Description
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called "The Lost City of Z." --from publisher description.
17) Great explorers
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Discover the stories of explorersthe most ancient to the modern dayfrom the deepest depths of the ocean to the highest mountains in the world. In this book you'll find true stories about Marco Polo's Silk Road, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's conquest of Everest, and Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong's trip to the moon, and much more. Learn all about the explorers who discovered the unknown and made the world the place we know today. Perfect for...
18) Explorer
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Looks at the worlds of Amelia Earhart, Jacques Cousteau, Marco Polo and other famous explorers, sharing real-life photographs of their equipment and personal possessions as well as objects they found.
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