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Surrey, Dragon's World, 1995.
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110pRed Spine
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Provides information about notable explorers from around the world and throughout history.
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Juan Sebastián del Cano
Ferdinand Magellan
Francis Drake
Hirkhouf
Hanno
Bartolomeu Dias
Mungo Park
Hugh Clapperton
René Auguste Caillié
Richard Lemon Lander
David Livingstone
Samuel White Baker
John H. Speke & Richard Burton
Gustav Nachtigel
Henry Morton Stanley
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Mary Kingsley
James Clark Ross
Roald Amundsen
Robert Falcon Scott
Douglas Mawson
Vivian Fuchs
Erik the Red
Richard Chancellor
Martin Frobisher
William Barents
Vitus Jonassen Bering
John Ross
John Franklin
William Edward Parry
Nils Nordenskjöld
Robert Edward Peary
Fridtjof Nansen
Donald MacMillan
Walter Herbert
Naomi Uemura
Chang Ch'ien
Hsuan Tsang
Suleyman the Merchant
John of Pian de Carpini
William Rubruquis
Marco Polo
Ibn Battuta
Vasco da Gama
Ludovico de Varthema
Isbrand Ides
Carsten Niebuhr
Nikolai Przhevalsky
Francis Younghusband
Sven Hedin
Willem Jansz
Abel Janszoon Tasman
Matthew Flinders
Charles Sturt
F.W. Ludwig Leichhardt
John McDouall Stuart
Edward John Eyre
Robert O'Burke & William J. Wills
Pytheas of Massilia
Polybius
Ibn Jubayr
Leif Eriksson
John Cabot
Vasco Núñez de Balbao
Hernán (Ferdinand) Cortes
Giovanni da Verrazano
Jacques Cartier
Fernando de Soto
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
John Davis
Samuel de Champlain
Henry Hudson
William Baffin
René Robert Cavelier de la Salle
Jean François, Compte de la Pérouse
Alexander Mackenzie
William Clark & M. Lewis
David Thompson
Zebulon Montgomery Pike
John Charles Frémont
Isabella Bird Bishop
Luis Váez de Torres
James Cook
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
Fabian G. von Bellingshausen
Charles Wilkes
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Sebastian Cabot
Francisco Pizzaro
Diego de Almagro
Gonzalo Jiménez de Queseda
Francisco de Orellana
Walter Raleigh
Willem Schouten
Friedrich H.A. von Humboldt
Percy Harrison Fawcett
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong & 'Buzz' Aldrin
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1850283087 Hb.
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000173
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India, Navneet Publications (India) Ltd., 1994.
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32pWhite Spine
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Describes briefly how early explorers find their way, who sailed first around the world and how polar explorers survived, among other questions.
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Who were the first explorers?
How did early explorers find their way?
How far did the Vikings travel?
Who were the first Arab explorers?
Who first made contact with China?
When was the Great Age of exploration?
Who discovered America?
Who first sailed around the world?
Who were the Conquistadors?
Who found out about Austarlia?
Who explored Africa?
How were polar regions explored?
How is the sea explored?
How is space explored?
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8124305560 Pb.
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Washington, D.C., National Geographic Society, 2013.
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128pBlack Spine
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National Geographic
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Featuring legendary photography and unforgettable storytelling, National Geographic showcases the quest for knowledge and adventure that has driven the Society mission for well over a century.
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Land, sea, sky
Why explore
Shoes
Charting the globe
Maps
Darwin's voyage of discovery
Journals
Expanding the limits
The legacy continues
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London, Capstone Global Library Limited, 2011.
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32pBlue spine
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Graphic library: Graphic history
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Where did Marco Polo go on his adventures? What strange things did he see? Read about Marco Polo's amazing journey to find the answers.
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9781406225570 Hb.
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Great Britain, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2008.
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White spine
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Follow the great explorers on their epic journeys, and find out more about the wildlife, habitats, and people they encountered.
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1 CD_ROM.
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007898
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Great Britain, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2008.
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96pOrange Spine
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Set off with Atlas of Exploration and take an incredible voyage of discovery and excitement.
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Early explorers
Travelling traders
Purple men
Ancient Polynesians
Carthaginians
Greek adventures
Chinese travellers
Roman exploration
Arab travellers
Viking voyages
Far horizons
Searching for Allies
Marco Polo
Ibn Battuta
Zheng He
Portugese Pioneers
Heading West
Exploration and conquest
Around the world
Cortes in Mexico
Pizzarro in Peru
South America
North America
Northeast passage
Northwest passage
Pacific pioneers
Science and discovery
Russian exploration
Captain Cook
Across a continent
Naturalist explorers
Exploring Africa
African adventures
Across Australia
Exploring Arabia
Conquering the North Pole
Race to the South Pole
Ocean exploration
On top of the world
Race to the moon
Exploring the planets
Exploration facts
Finding the way
Exploring the past
Exploring the future
Glossary
Index
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9781405322089 Hb.
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019857
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Mumbai, Euro Books, 2009.
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68pOrange Spine
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The book of
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Provides answers to all your questions on discoveries. Includes games and riddles.
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Discoveries -
Fire
The wheel
Metals
Glass
Textiles and clothing
Farming
The Prehistoric village
Breeding and fishing
Numbers
The measurement of time
Clocks and watches
Writing
Houses
The past
Quiz
Exploration -
Astronomy
Navigation
Roads
Means of transport
The Silk Route
Exploring the Sahara
The discovery of America
The route to India
Circling the world
The great explprers
The Amazon river
The African jungle
Exploring Australia
The race to the poles
Man on the moon
Quiz
Index
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9788128623172 Hb.
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020880
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New York, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2010.
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96pGreen Spine
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A child's introduction to
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An introduction to geography including facts and figures about the people, places, plants, and animals that inhabit different parts of the world.
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Where am I?
In the beginning
Excuse me, I think we're floating!
Gone exploring
Living on a sphere
Where are we?
Map stories
How to read a map
The ups and downs
Going with the flow
Different spaces, different places
It's getting crowded in here
Who are we?
Welcome to the world
The continents
North America
The United States of America
Eastern United States
Central United States
Western United States
Canada
Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
South America
Northern South America and Brazil
Southern South America
Europe
United Kingdom and Ireland
Northern Europe & Eastern Europe
Western Europe
Southern Europe
Asia
Russia and Central Asia
The Middle East
South Asia
Southeast Asia
East Asia
Africa
Northern Africa
Western Africa
Central and Southern Africa
Australia
Oceania
Antarctica and the Arctic regions
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9781579128326 Hb.
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007203
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Great Britain, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2006.
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48pBlue Spine
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Gives you detail information on this remarkable adventurer, revealing his daring journeys and controversial exploits in the New World.
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The age of exploration
In search of the Indies
Christopher Columbus
The plan
The quest for a royal sponsor
Ships and crew
The fleet sets off
The voyage
The men from the sky
Shipwrecked on Hispaniola
Triumphant homecoming
The spanish settlement
Columbus returns
Horror on Hispaniola
To the mainland
Another world
Across the wild Carribean
Stranded!
Voyages of exploration
Conquist adores
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0756619453 Pb.
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006627
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Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2002.
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48pOrange Spine
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Groundbreakers
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A biography of the fifteenth-century Italian seaman and navigator who unknowingly discovered a new contintent while looking for a western route to India.
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The shock of the new
Columbus's early life
A new life
Royal support
Preparations of the journey
Life on board
Sailing westward
Exploration of the Indies
The return journey
A hero's welcome
A second expedition
A gloomy return
Success turns to disaster
The third expedition
In disgrace
Endless wanderings
Mutiny and rescue
The end of an extraordinary life
The legacy of Columbus
Map of Columbus's expeditions
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0431104905 Hb.
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000741
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New York, Random House, 2003.
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48pPurple Spine
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Step into Reading (3)
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A simple account of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to America.
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0679803696 Pb.
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000742
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London, Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2005.
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64pPurple spine
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Usborne Young Reading: Series Three
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In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail across the Atlantic, on a voyage into the unknown. He was looking for a quicker route to the Indies. What he found was a whole new world...
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9780746078198 Pb.
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008599
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USA, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2002.
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63pSky Blue Spine
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Map the unknown across perilous seas and strange lands, and follow in the foorsteps of the world's most famous explorers! This book is describes voyages of discovery, daring adventures and the struggle to survive in the wilderness.
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Being an Explorer
Preparations and Survival
Early Explorers
Mediterranean Traders and Explorers
The Empire of China
The Vikings
Muslim Travellers
The Search For Trade Routes
The Silk Road
Around The Cape of Good Hope
The West Indies
Circling the Globe
Through the Frozen North
New Horizons
The Search for El Dorado
Europeans in North America
Crossing Africa
Pacific Explorers
Crossing Australia
The Ends of the Earth
Exploration and Science
In Pursuit of Knowledge
Scaling the Peaks
The Ocean Depths
Maps and Mapping
Piecing together a map
Timeline
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0753454521 Hb.
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020627
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Peachtree city, Gallopade International, 2015.
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24pRed spine
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Common core lessons and activities
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The Explorers Common Core Lessons and Activities Book allows you to immediately meet new Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, as well as Literacy and Writing in History/Social Studies. It is designed to supplement your Social Studies resources, adding new Common Core rigor, analysis, writing, inference, text-dependent, and more into your daily instruction.
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Age of Exploration: Reading Informational Text
Reasons for Exploration: Reading Informational Text GO4
Means of Discovery: Reading Informational Text
Obstacles and Rewards: Classifying Information GO5
Prince Henry the Navigator: Reading Informational TextPortuguese Explorers: Reading Informational Text GO11
Columbus Discovery: Reading Informational Text
An Early Map: Primary Source Analysis
The New World: Primary Source Analysis
Tainos: Reading Informational Text
The Age of Exploration: Graphic Organizer G
More Spanish Explorers: Reading Informational Text G
Conquistadors: Reading Informational Text GO1
English Explorers: Reading Informational Text
French Explorers: Reading Informational Text
Explorer Quotations: Point of View G
Exploring the Americas: Chronological Events GO12
Regions of Exploration: Map Activity
Explorer s Vocabulary: Vocabulary G
Common Core State Standards Correlations
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9780635106179 Pb.
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019127
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Explorers
/ Arlon, Penelope; Gordon-Harris, Tory
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2015
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New York, Scholastic, 2015.
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80pGreen and Grey spine
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Scholastic discover more
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Anyone can be an explorer. But every explorer must be brave and determined. Meet the men and women who have pushed themselves to the limit
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Why explore?
Off we go!
Where am I?
Mount Mabu (Mozambique) - unexplored forest found on Google Earth
Hall of fame - Explorers
Bold journeys
Voyages of discovery
Famous ancient explorers
The adventures of Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang) - Chinese explorer - Silk Route
Vikings
Marco Polo - Chinese explorer - Silk Route
The travels of Ibn Battuta - Moroccan explorer
Race to the far East - Exploration in the 1400s - Sea exploration
Exploring the Americas - Christopher Columbus, 1492
The Conquistadors - Spanish explorers
Hot chocolate - The Conquistadors - Hernando Cortes, Spanish explorer
Around the world - Ferdinand Magellan - Sea exploration
A sailor's life - Sea exploration
The adventures of Jeanne Baret - French explorer - Female explorer
Captain Cook - 1700s
Lewis and Clark- 1800s
Sacagawea - Native American explorer
River adventures - 1800s
Mary Kingsley - English explorer, Women
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9789351038320 Pb.
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London, Aladdin Books, 2009.
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48pGreen Spine
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True stories and legends
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Looks at the lives of the world's famous adventurers, rogues and heroes.
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9780749686444 Hb.
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009303
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Great Britain, Angus Books Ltd., 2004.
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32pRed Spine
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Atlas in the Round Series
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A dynamic introduction to the various ages of discovery and the heroic figures who led the way. Discover the great adventurers who challenged the unknown in search of wealth and glory.
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Great general and explorer
Pioneering seafarer
Passage to India
The travels of Marco Polo
A buccaneer's life
On top of the world
The New World
Crossing the new continent
Northern Territory
Hernan Cortes, conqueror of Mexico
Uncharted waters
Conqueror of the Incas
Descending the Amazon
High peaks of the Andes
Ibn Batuta
The source of the Nile
Africa, from coast to coast
A woman in West Africa
Continent in the south
The red country
The pioneering Dutch
Going west
Arctic waters
The race to the North Pole
Shackleton and the SOuth Pole
Centre of the southern ice
First man in space
Man on the Moon
Index
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1904594328 Hb.
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016327
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Chicago, Nomad Press, 2011.
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120pChocolate spine
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Build it yourself
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"Explorers of the New World: Discover the Golden Age of Exploration" offers a fascinating look at the explorers and their voyages during the Age of Exploration and Discovery. Readers ages 9-12 can delve into the expeditions of Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, John Cabot, Hernán Cortés, and more. Using common household items and minimal supervision, kids enjoy 22 hands-on activities to help them learn about these legendary explorers and their voyages. Discover how the adventures of a few people 500 years ago changed world history.
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Timeline
Exploring in the age of discovery
Searching for a water route to Asia
Voyage to the New World : Christopher Columbus
Searching for the Northwest Passage : John Cabot
Circling the globe : Ferdinand Magellan
The Spanish Conquistadors
Journeys inland
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9781936313433 Pb.
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World Book Inc., 1985.
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168pBrown Spine
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Childcraft
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Learn about the stories of how people first spread across the world, the first civilizations, the new inventions and discoveries of the modern world etc.
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When we began
The early civilizations
The worlds of Ancient Greece and Rome
The middle ages
The spread of culture
The age of change
Today's events, tomorrow's history
Index
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0716660075 Hb.
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018794
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New York, Scholastic Entertainment Inc., 2002.
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49min.Blue Spine
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Horrible Histories
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The series is based around the adventures of Stitch Fleischer and Mo Burrows, two everyday kids who are transported to various historical eras with the help of a time portal. In each episode, their historical adventures help teach them a lesson or solve a problem in their everyday lives, often involving bully Darren Dongle. They explain the historical details, and clarify popular misconceptions.
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Extraordinary explorers
Perilous plague
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1 VCD.
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