discovery and exploration

Traces the journeys and discoveries of Sir Francis Drake and other sixteenth-century mariners.

Surveys the history of New World explorations from the Viking age to the eighteenth century, including the latest views on pre-Columbian explorations.

An account of explorer Will Steger's expedition from Russia to Canada by way of the North Pole, traveling by dog sled and canoe.

An account of Christopher Columbus's four transatlantic voyages.

Describes Columbus' first voyage of discovery as seen through the eyes of a twelve-year-old ship's boy.

Describes and illustrates the exploration of the American frontier from 1776 to the late nineteenth century, through a variety of images created during that period.

Describes and illustrates the first discoveries and settlements in North America through a variety of images produced at that time.

An account of the two-and-a-half-year expedition that yielded vast knowledge of the West, geographically and scientifically.

Photographs and text trace Robert Peary's exploration of the Arctic, including his discovery of the North Pole.

Illustrations and simple text teach young readers about Ernest Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica in 1912.