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Meriwether Lewis was selected by Thomas Jefferson to lead the expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase, he was later rewarded by Jefferson with the governorship of the entire Louisiana Territory. Yet within three years, plagued by controversy over administrative expenses, Lewis found his reputation and career in tatters. En route to Washington to clear his name, he died mysteriously in a crude cabin on the Natchez Trace in Tennessee. It was speculated...
1744) James Cook
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Introduces the life of James Cook, the English explorer and mapmaker who sailed to many lands and claimed them for England, including what are now New Zealand, Australia, and the Hawaiian Islands.
1746) The conquistadors
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Discusses the conquistadors who explored and conquered Latin America, such as Cortez and Pizarro.
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Navegante, político y escritor ingles. En 1580 tomó parte en la expedicíon inglesa contra los rebeldes irlandeses en Munster, lo que le permitió llamar la atención de la reina Isabel I, quien pronto lo acogió como uno de sus favoritos.
Mariner, English politician and writer. In 1580 took part in the British expedition against the Irish rebels in Munster, which enabled him to draw the attention of Queen Elizabeth I, who soon recognized him as...
1749) Fray Juan Crespi
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Profiles Fray Juan Crespi, who founded the Mission San Carlos Borromeo in Carmel by the Sea, California, and recorded his experiences as a Franciscan missionary and a member of a team of explorers.
1751) Francis Drake
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Describes the life and adventures of the seaman who was the first Englishman to sail around the world.
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As Malcolm and the team prepare to return to Earth from Mars, they make notes about how to improve the livable conditions of Mars for both future explorers and long-term sustainable life. Includes Mars facts, survival tips, and in-depth content on animal adaptation and behavior.
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"The rover Perseverance is damaged and stranded in the windswept sand seas of Mars. The team of interplanetary explorers locates the rover, but Dr. Thomas is unable to repair it in the field without the necessary parts. Malcolm and Daniela volunteer to return to basecamp to retrieve the parts. On their journey, Malcolm's imagination dreams up some of the Martians who may have adapted to live in the harsh alien environment. This graphic novel includes...
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Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.
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This bold new study of the character of Meriwether Lewis attempts to make sense of one of the most fascinating and perplexing heroes of American history. Clay Jenkinson's Lewis is not a cheerful explorer in buckskins, but a complex, tightly-wound, ambitious and self-conscious man who led one of the great adventures in American history, but had severe re-entry problems and never wrote the book that would have served as the capstone of his explorations....
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Chronicles of Narnia: the lion, the witch, & the wardrobe: When Lucy Pevensie, her older brothers Edmund and Peter, and her older sister Susan are sent to the country for safer keeping during the initial bombing raids of WW II, they decide to play hide-and-seek in the strange house of the mysterious professor. During the game Lucy discovers a mysterious wardrobe and discovers an entirely different world. The place is called Narnia, and it's been locked...