Ocean State Libraries

Recounts the voyages undertaken by fifteenth-century Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama to strengthen his nation's power by establishing a sea trade route to India.

What must it have been like to be the first to circumnavigate the globe or traverse America from shore to shore? What political, social and financial factors of the day encouraged exploration? What personal dreams and desires drove these fearless men to search the vast unknown waters and lands, to tempt danger time and time again, all in the name of discovery? In Great Explorations, acclaimed authors including recent Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner...

A biography of the British navigator who became a famous explorer of the Pacific Ocean.

"An examination of the life and accomplishments of the famed explorer who lent his name to several geographic locations in North America"--Provided by publisher.

Describes the life of Hernando Cortés, the Spanish explorer who discovered Baja California and explored the Pacific coast of Mexico, but who is best remembered for conquering the Aztec Empire.

"An examination of the life and accomplishments of the explorer and missionary who traveled southern Africa and was the first European to reach Victoria Falls"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces the life of the explorer who was sent to Peru in the sixteenth century by the king of Spain to conquer the Incas and claim their land and wealth for the Spanish crown.