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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[...]
The world is a small place. At least, it used to be. Imagine a map, where the borders of Europe are detailed and defined, but the fringes of Africa and Asia are barely sketched out. They simply faded into nothingness. As for the Americas and Aus[...]printed text
112 p. : 24 cm; Includes bibliographical references and index; Important dates at the time of the Age of Exploration -- Introduction: Marco Polo and Prester John -- Conquering the "sea of darkness" -- Columbus and the conquistadors -- Around the[...]
Catherine Daly-Weir, Author ; Jake Murray, Illustrator | London (United Kingdom) : Penguin Workshop | Who Was...? | 2021An introduction to the Age of Exploration covers the nautical practices of fifteenth-century Europe, Henry the Navigator's fateful new sea routes, and the impact of European advancement on ancient civilizations.
Alison Hawes, Author | Oxford; New York; Madrid; New Delhi; Melbourne : 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
Este atlas pretende sintetizar los avances científicos, técnicos y culturales, así como los descubrimientos geográficos que han repercutido de una manera decisiva en la evolución de la humanidad. No se trata tanto de complacerse en el progreso [...]
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[...]
; 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.
Anne Stephenson, Author ; Kate McKeon, Author | United States : SRA/McGraw-Hill | Leveled readers | 2008; Discoveries in geography ; United States ; English language -- Readers ; Readers (Primary) ; Grades 3-6 ; SRA Green 2.6Lewis and Clark led an expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. Charting the richt course required both the skills of the captains and the help of the many Native Americans they met. -- Back cover
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[...]
Damian Harvey, Author ; Mike Phillips, Illustrator | London; New York; Camberra : Franklin Watts | 2014
He aquí un repaso a los enigmas que rodean al Almirante: quién fue, qué pretendía conseguir, cómo se mezclaban en él y en sus proyectos la ciencia, la avaricia, el misticismo... sin olvidar el precedente vikingo o el posible predescubrimiento de[...]
