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Describes the life of the Spanish explorer who first came to the New World with Columbus and went on to become governor of Puerto Rico and later came to Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth.

Discusses the life and work of Jedediah Smith, an explorer of the American West and leader of mountain men.

In graphic art format, presents the life of Hernan Cortes, whose 1519 expedition led to the conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521.

A brief biography of the self-educated nineteenth-century Englishwoman who, after a secluded childhood and youth, traveled alone through unexplored West Africa in 1893 and 1894 and learned much about the area and its inhabitants.

Describes the conquistadores and their dangerous search for gold, jewels, and spices in the South American jungle.

A biography of the Spanish explorer who first came to the New World with Columbus, went on to become governer of Puerto Rico, and later came to Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth.

Describes the history of man's attempts to reach the North Pole, as well as the life and career of the Arctic explorer Robert Peary, who is credited with reaching the North Pole in 1909.

Profiles the men who explored America's western frontier in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, and Zebulon Pike.

Budding botanists, growing geologists, and early explorers will dive into this picture book biography about the father of ecology, Alexander von Humboldt. The captivating prose and art from a New York Times bestselling illustrator will spark a passion for discovery and conservation in the youngest readers. Whether sailing across the ocean, hiking through the jungle, or climbing the highest volcanic peaks, everywhere Alexander went, he observed the...