Bøger i Great Explorers serien

A biography about the first explorer to establish a French presence in North America, an accomplishment that allowed the next generation of French sailors to create the first settlements in Canada.

After two years of training with the British Mount Everest Expedition, Edmund Hillary, along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, completed the challenging climb to become the first men to reach the summit of the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, on May 29, 1953. This title helps you learn about this daring explorer and his accomplishments.

La Salle is one of the best-known but least-understood explorers of human history. Celebrated for following the Mississippi to its mouth in Louisiana, he was berated for failing to relocate that same area when he came by sea. This title describes the man whose journeys encouraged explorers from other European nations to survey the southeastern US.

James Cook, son of a farm laborer and onetime shopkeeper's apprentice, became one of England's greatest explorers. On his final voyage, Cook was stabbed to death during the season of war in Hawaii. This title helps you learn how this daring explorer charted far-flung regions of the globe.

Lets you discover how a young captain battled mutiny, starvation, illness, and conflicts with his own countrymen to be remembered in history as the first to circumnavigate the globe.