In the footsteps of explorers

Presents a short children's history of explorers Lewis and Clark and describes their voyage across the American west from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean, encounters with the native tribes along the way, and the various plants and animals they saw.

Chronicles the life and adventures of sixteenth-century French explorer Samuel de Champlain, and describes his voyages from France to North America in search of a trade route to Asia, the founding of Acadia, and the colonization of New France.

Presents a short children's history of English explorer Henry Hudson, and describes his life and quest to locate the Northwest Passage through the new world.

A brief biography of the fifteen-century European explorer, Vasco de Gama, who opened up trade between Europe and India.

Chronicles the life and adventures of seventeenth-century French explorer Sieur de la Salle, and describes his early life and expeditions through North America as well as his obsession with building a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi.

Profiles the early explorations of Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Medard Chouart des Groseilliers, French explorers and fur traders during the seventeenth century, describing their discoveries that led to the creation of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Chronicles the life and adventures of fifteenth-century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, and describes his voyages with Columbus and colonization of Puerto Rico, exploration of Florida, the Calusa encounters, and the legacy he left behind.

Presents a brief biography of legendary mountain climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay who were the first to reach the top of Mount Everest in the Himalayan mountain range.

An introduction to Henry the Navigator, a Portuguese prince who lived during the Middle Ages, discussing conditions in medieval Portugal, Henry's royal heritage, his sponsorship of expeditions along the west coast of Africa, and the results of those voyages.

Tells the life story of American explorer Daniel Boone, describing his expeditions in Kentucky and elsewhere, his encounters with the Shawnee and Cherokee, his survival tactics in the wilderness, and other topics, and includes a recipe for beef jerky.