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"From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach...
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"Arctic historian Ken McGoogan approaches the legacy of nineteenth-century explorer Sir John Franklin from a contemporary perspective and offers a surprising new explanation of an enduring Northern mystery. Two of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin's expeditions were monumental failures--the last one leading to more than a hundred deaths, including his own. Yet many still see the Royal Navy man as a heroic figure who sacrificed himself to discovering...
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Little, Brown and Company
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2024.
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English
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"As early as 1530, reports of El Dorado, a city of gold in the South American interior, beckoned to European explorers. Whether there was any truth to the stories remained to be seen, but the allure of unimaginable riches was enough to ensnare dozens of would-be heroes and glory hounds in the desperate hunt. Among them was Sir Walter Raleigh: ambitious courtier, confidant to Queen Elizabeth, and, before long, El Dorado fanatic. Entering the Elizabethan...
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Union Square Kids
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[2024]
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English
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When eleven-year-old Matthew Henson ran away from his cruel stepmother to find a new life in the big city, no one could have predicted that he would become the first man to reach the North Pole. With a little luck and a lot of hard work, Matthew found a life of adventure on the high seas and in the Arctic. But back home in America his achievements were largely overlooked because he was Black. Race to the Frozen North tells his remarkable true story....
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"The explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explored the American frontier, written by New York Times bestselling authors of Blood and Treasure Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is the early 19th century, and the land recently purchased by President Thomas Jefferson stretches west for thousands of miles. Who inhabits this vast new garden of Eden? What strange beasts and natural formations can be found? Thus...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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[2024]
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English
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"A fascinating new history of America, told through the stories of a diverse cast of ten extraordinary-and often overlooked-adventurers, from Sacagawea to Sally Ride, who pushed the boundaries of discovery and determined our national destiny"--
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Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2024
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English
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Many of the historical narratives from early America are fraught with peril and uncertainty, but they also provide a glimpse into the courage and determination of the people who helped found our nation. Readers are sure to be dazzled by these colorful and dramatic retellings of key events in early American history. Stories include the struggles of the Pilgrims as they crossed an ocean to seek religious freedom, a tale of the first Thanksgiving, and...
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Dorling Kindersley Limited
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2023.
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Español
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"Un mundo fascinante de montañas de hielo, icebergs, aguas gélidas, y auroras boreales. Conoce los distintos tipos de osos polares y de pingüinos, observa de cerca las ballenas y las orsas y sigue los pasos de las personas que viven y trabajan en los imponentes paisajes helados de Ártico y de la Antártida." -- Back cover.
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