discovery and exploration

Describes Coronado's exploration of what is now the southwestern United States.

Describes Coronado's explorations in the southwestern United States in the 1540s, an expedition which revealed for the first time to Europeans the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, the Great Plains, herds of buffalo, stark deserts, snow-capped mountain peaks--yet never the gold the Spaniards so avidly desired.

A biography of the French explorer who founded Quebec, discovered Lake Champlain, and was called the Father of New France.

Describes the expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the unknown western regions of America at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

A fictional story about a secret American expedition to find the South Pole in 1909, made up of a famous Arctic explorer, his teenage son and stepson, and the expedition's multimillionaire sponsor's young nephew.

Presents the story of the expedition to the North Pole by explorers Robert Peary and African-American Matthew Henson, focusing on the contributions made by Henson.

Presents an account of Cartier's life and explorations and examines their impact on history and the world.

Discusses how Antarctica was discovered, which explorers have visited the continent, how it is used for research, and other related topics.

Describes journeys to the polar regions and the people who risked their lives to reach the coldest places on earth.

A color-illustrated biography of French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who discovered the Ottawa River, founded the city of Quebec, and worked to establish French colonies on his travels to North America in the early seventeenth century.