Chronicles from National Geographic (Cultural & Geographical Exploration - Chronicles from National Geographic S.)
On August 15, 1914, after more than a decade of work, the first steamship passed through the Panama Canal, opening up travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This book describes the building of the canal, using National Geographic articles.'
Perspectives on American Progress (Set) (Perspectives on American Progress)
by Duchess, Ph.D. Harris
The Worst Journey in the World (Adventure Library) (Max Travel Classics S.)
by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
"Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised. It is the only form of adventure in which you put on your clothes at Michaelmas and keep them on until Christmas, and, save for a layer of the natural grease of the body, find them as clean as though they were new. It is more lonely than London, more secluded than any monastery, and the post comes but once a year. As men will compare the hardships of France, Palestine, or Mesopotamia, so...
Why Did Europeans Look for New Lands? Reasons for Exploration Grade 3 Children's American History Books
You Wouldn't Want to Sail on the Mayflower! (Revised Edition) (You Wouldn't Want To... History of the World) (You Wouldn't Want To...)
by Sir Peter Cook
La Historia Oculta (Hidden History) (Historia Oculta (Hidden History))
Spotlight on Explorers and Colonization: Set 1 (Spotlight on Explorers and Colonization)
Profiles the lives and accomplishments of such women known for their travels as Isabella Bird Bishop, Amelia Earhart, Mary Kingsley, Annie Smith Peck, Freya Stark, and Valentina Tereshkova.
Explorers O/T Undersea World(oop) (World Explorers)
by Richard Gaines and Ann Gaines
Surveys the history of undersea exploration.
Ferdinand Magellan (Explorers!)
by Arlene Bourgeois Molzahn and AR Ene Bourgeois Molzahn
To the South Pole (Great Expeditions) (Great Expeditions (Creative Education))
by Valerie Bodden
"A history of Roald Amundsen's successful 1911 trip to the South Pole, detailing the challenges encountered, the individuals involved, the discoveries made, and how the expedition left its mark upon the world"--Provided by publisher.
The Encyclopedia of Explorers and Adventurers (Watts Reference (Hardcover))
by Justine Ciovacco
Christopher Columbus (Explorers!)
by Arlene Bourgeois Molzahn and AR Ene Bourgeois Molzahn
Discusses the life of Christopher Columbus, with an emphasis on his career as an explorer.
Chris Columbus (Jr Wld Bio)(Oop) (Junior World Biographies)
by Norman L Macht
Examines the life of the explorer, including his voyages and discoveries in the New World.
Disgusting Jobs on the American Frontier (Disgusting Jobs in History)
by Anita Yasuda