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027405
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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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| 025103 | 910.9/POL | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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022021
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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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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| N00276 | 910.9/GAN | Main | On Shelf | Non Book Material | |
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ID:
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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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 008303 | 910.9/GAN | Main | On Shelf | Reference books | Reference |
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004619
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Great Britain, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2007.
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40pRed Spine
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Explore the world of explorers with the help of fascinating questions, such as why the Vikings travelled so far, and who sent Stanley to find Livingstone.
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Ancient empires
The mysterious East
Journeys of teh Vikings
The Islamic world
Across Asia
The African coastline
Atlantic crossings
The longest journey
South Seas
Northern passagesExploring North America
Into Africa
Amazon and Andes
Crossing Australia
The world's coldest places
Underworlds
Airborne Explorers
Space exploration
Index and answers
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9780753408001 Hb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 004885 | 910.9/BRO | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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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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| 008975 | 910.9/WIL | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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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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| 019339 | 910.9/MAR | Main | On Shelf | Teacher Resources | Teacher Resource |
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ID:
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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| 009702 | 910.9/WAT | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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019444
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New York, Time, 2009.
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122pBlack Spine
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Relates the fascinating tales behind history's greatest discoveries: the prehistoric painted caves of France, the undersea tomb of the Titanic, the sources of the Nile, the tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamen, the lost city of Machu Picchu, Jupiter's moons, Saturn's rings, and the continental drift.
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The shock of revelation
The geography of discovery
Exploring the past
Exploring Planet Earth
Exploring life on Earth
Exploring the solar system
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7099210620 Pb.
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| 018375 | 910.9/KNA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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020726
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Bath, Parragon Publishing, 2011.
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224pYellow spine
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Children's encyclopedia
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A clear and comprehensive introduction to great explorers. Written by an expert author and consultant team. Fully illustrated throughout with stunning colour photography and clear diagrams. Topics include: Marco Polo's epic journey, the conquest of the Inca empire, Captain Cook and his ship the Endeavour, and the race to the North Pole.
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9781445428239 Hb.
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| 019420 | 910.9/ADA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
016328
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Somerville, Candlewick Press, 2011.
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91pPale green and white spine
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Acclaimed illustrator Stephen Biesty and popular children's history writer Stewart Ross explore some of the boldest, most daring expeditions of all time, using fold-out pages, cross-section drawings and dramatic storytelling. Twist through the waves of the stormy North Atlantic in a Viking knarr with Leif Ericsson or burst into the stratosphere in a balloon with Auguste Piccard, cross the deserts of the Silk Road in a caravan with Marco Polo or land on the moon in the Apollo 11 lunar module...
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Fourteen amazing journeys
340 BC Pytheas the Greek sails to the Arctic Circle
AD 1003 Leif Eriksson reaches the coast of America
1271-1274 Marco Polo rides the Silk Road to China
1405-1407 Admiral Zheng He crosses the Indian Ocean
1492 Christopher Columbus sails to the Caribbean
1519-1522 Ferdinand Magellan's fleet circumnavigates the world
1768*1771 Captain Cook maps the Pacific Ocean
1858-1864 David Livingstone explores the Zambezi River
1895 Mary Kingsley travels alone in West Africa
1928 Umberto Nobile flies over the North Pole
1932 Auguste Piccard ascends into the stratosphere
1960 Jacques Piccard dives to the Challenger Deep
1953 Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay climb Everest
1969 Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin land on the moon
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9780763649487 Hb.
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| 015938 | 910.9/ROS | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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008084
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Great Britain, Thames & Hudson, 2006.
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304pBlack Spine
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A book of fascinating stories of explorers from ancient and modern times, including space exploration who set out to make remarkable journeys.
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Ancient World -
Out of Africa
Into a new world
Early Pacific voyagers
Egyptian explorers
Herodotus
Xenophon
St Paul
The emperor Hadrian
Medieval world -
Early Chinese travellers on the Silk Road
Early voyagers to America
Christian pilgrimages
Muslim pilgrimages
Genghis Khan
Marco Polo
Ibn Battuta
Zheng He, the Grand Eunuch
The Renaissance -
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Ludovico di Varthema
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco de Orellana
Early explorers of North America
Francis Drake
Samuel de Champlain
Early searchers for the northwest passage
17th & 18th Centuries -
Abel Tasman
Maria Sibylla Merian
Ippolito Desideri
Vitus Bering
James Bruce
James Cook
Jean-Francois de Laperouse
Alexander Mackenzie
Mungo Park
19th Century -
Alexander von Humboldt
Lewis & Clark
Jean Louis Burckhdart
Charles Darwin & the Beagle
The Trail of tears
Journeys into the Mexican jungle
Later searches for the Northwest passage
Heinrich Barth & the Central African Mission
Search for the source of the Nile
Crossing Australia
Into the heart of Africa
The Mekong River expedition
Travels in Arabia Deserta
The northeast passage
The Pundits explore Tibet
Exploring Central & East Asia
Modern Times -
Journeys across Asia
To the North Pole
Race to the South Pole
Shackleton & the Endurance
Women travellers in Asia
First to fly the Atlantic Solo
Women pioneers of flight
The Long March
Thor Heyerdahl & the Kon-Tiki
Scaling Everest
Single-handed around the world
To the Moon and back
Voyages to the bottom of the ocean
Round the world by balloon
Mars, Jupiter and beyond
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0500251290 Hb.
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| 008459 | 910.9/HAN | Main | On Shelf | Reference books | Reference |
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011121
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London, Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2009.
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104pMulti-colour Spine
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Incredible tales of intrepid explorers who trekked to the icy Poles, crossed scorching deserts, braved crocodile-infested rivers, and sailed all the way around the world for the very first time.
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Early exploration -
Ancient adventures
Viking voyages
The travels of Marco Polo
Ibn Battuta's world tour
Opening up the world -
Zheng He goes west
Around Africa
Christopher Columbus: the truth
The conquering conquistadors
Around the world in 1,080 days
Science and discovery -
The travels of Captain Cook
Humboldt's jungle journey
Lewis and Clark's American adventure
Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
Mary Kingsley in Africa
Across Australia
Final frontiers -
Antarctic adventures
Arctic adventures
The deepest depths
More to explore
Timeline of exploration
Who's who
Glossary
Index
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9780746098455 Pb.
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003830
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Mumbai, Egmont Imagination (India) Ltd., 2001.
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57pBlue Spine
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Disney Children Encyclopedia
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Desribes methods of and places travelled in down the ages, along with the cultural and economic effects of migration.
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| 003587 | 910.9/DIS | Main | On Shelf | Reference books | Reference |
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