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Jean Marzollo ; Steve Björkman, Illustrator | New York (United States of America) : Scholastic | 1991; Picture books for children ; Explorers ; Stories in rhyme ; Discovery and exploration ; Columbus, Christopher ; Grades K-3Rhyming text describes Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the New World. -- LoC
Virginia Schomp | New York (United States of America) : Benchmark Books | Around the world in... | 2003Surveys important occurrences in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas around the year 1500.New
96 pages / colour illustrations / 26 cm
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As Marco Polo lay dying, friends and relatives gathered anxiously by his bedside and begged him to confess. They pleaded with him to tell the truth, to renounce his exaggerations and lies, so he might meet his maker with a clear conscience. He w[...]
Russell Freedman, Author ; Bagram Ibatoulline, Illustrator | New York (United States of America) : Scholastic | 2006printed text
Alison Hawes, Author | Oxford; New York : Oxford University Press | Oxford Reading Tree. Level 10 | 2003; Explorers ; English language -- Readers ; Arctic regions ; Biographies ; Scientific expeditions ; Discoveries in geography ; Grades K-6 ; Book Band 10 (White)In 1909 Matthew Henson was one of the first people to reach the North Pole. But Henson's part in the expedition was not recognised at the time, and it is only now that we are finding out about his amazing achievement. -- Back cover
Jean Fritz, Author ; Anthony Bacon Venti, Author | New York (United States of America) : Scholastic | 1994The Unknown! That was the name mapmakers in 1400 gave to the space they left around the edges after they had drawn the world as thy knew it. The Unknown would suck you under or burn you up or leave you to rot, they said...
Sigue las huellas de los grandes descubridores y vive fascinantes viajes a lo desconocido. Descubre lo que Cristóbal Colón descubrió realmente; las razones por las que los descubridores fueron rumbo a lo desconocido; dónde estuvo Marco Polo y la[...]
Muy Historia, N°97 - Marzo - Aventureros de lo imposible. Elcano, Magallanes y otros grandes exploradores
2018
; Grades 5-8 ; Explorers ; Discoveries in geography ; Voyages around the world ; Cook, James, 1728-1779Explores the background and discoveries of Captain James Cook. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.
; Grades K-3 ; Book Band 11 (Lime) ; Explorers ; Antarctica ; Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 ; Cold ; Survival ; High interest-low vocabulary books"Chiller" is a two-part book in the Rapid Plus series that features both a fictional story about a super-villain and a non-fiction account of a historic survival story. In the first part of the book, the super-villain Chiller plans to freeze eve[...]
Damian Harvey, Author ; Mike Phillips, Illustrator | London; New York; Camberra : Franklin Watts | 2014
Peter Roop, Author ; Connie Roop, Author | New York (United States of America) : Scholastic | Scholastic reference | 2000On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in the New World for the first time. He was the first European to reach South America, Central America, and the Caribbean islands. His journeys of discovery would change the course of world histor[...]
Presents the background and achievements of the Italian seaman who discovered the New World. 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 fou[...]
Offers insight into the historical events that prompted Columbus' efforts to establish new trade routes to the Indies, his struggles to obtain financial support for his voyages, and the important discoveries that caused him to become known as t[...]
Christopher Columbus is one of the most famous people in world history, yet few know the full story of the amazing, resourceful, and tragic Italian explorer. Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration for Kids portrays the "Admiral of the O[...]
