great britain

A dual biography focusing on humorous highlights in the lives of James Watt and Robert Fulton, whose respective inventions of the steam engine and the steamboat laid the foundation of modern transportation.

Examines the training and accomplishments of Captain James Cook and reconstructs his explorations and journeys to Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia.

Examines the political forces and personal ambition that drove the explorer Robert F. Scott to strive to reach the South Pole.

A biography of the seaman and explorer who helped settle Jamestown and whose explorations of Virginia and New England helped pave the way for colonists.

A biography of the nineteenth-century British scientist who worked with electricity, told in the form of an imagined interview.

A collection of letters written by children traveling in Great Britain tells about the cities, the Channel, the castles, Stonehenge, and other aspects of this island.

The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about what these awe-inspiring ancient animals were like.

Presents the life of the seventeenth-century scientist who made predictions about the comet which bears his name and discusses many other important scientific contributions he made.

A brief biography focusing on the career of the British navigator who became a famous explorer of the Pacific Ocean.