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1) Marco Polo
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
This title introduces readers to Marco Polo, the great explorer who was the first European to explore China. Polo's life story is examined, from his early travels with father Niccolo Polo and uncle Maffeo Polo to China to see Kublai Khan and visit Xanadu, to his marriage to Donata Badoer, to his travels in China in the Kublai Khan's service. Polo's book The Travels of Marc Polo is covered, as is its influence on other explorers such as Christopher...
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Pub. Date
[2013], c2014
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This title introduces readers to Neil Armstrong, the great explorer who was the first person to walk on the moon. Armstrong's life story is examined from his childhood to marriage to his studies at Perdue University and service in the US Navy and the Korean War. Armstrong's years at NASA are covered, including the Gemini and Apollo programs, as well as Armstrong's historic mission on Apollo 11 with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. Armstrong's later...
3) Marco Polo
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Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
This book discusses the life of the Venetian explorer and the book based on his thirteenth-century travels along the Silk Road to the court of Kublai Khan in China.
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Pub. Date
[2013], c2014
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This title introduces readers to Jacques Cousteau, the great explorer who introduced millions of people to the undersea world from his ship the Calypso. Cousteau's life story is examined from his childhood to his marriage and his education at the French Naval Academy and his service in the French Navy and World War II. Cousteau's collaboration with engineer Emile Gagnan is included, including their invention of the Self-Contained Underwater Breathing...
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
This title introduces readers to Ferdinand Magellan, the great explorer who was the first to sail around the world. Magellan's life story is examined from his childhood to service in the court of Portugal's queen. Magellan's search for the Spice Islands in command of the Trinidad, the San Antonio, the Concepcion, and the Victoria is detailed, as is his exploration of the Canary Islands, Brazil, and Argentina and naming the Pacific Oceana and the...
8) Captain Cook
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Pub. Date
[2014?]
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Biography of Captain James Cook, a great explorer and mapmaker.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Biography of the eighteenth-century British explorer and navigator who is famous for his three great voyages of exploration in the South Pacific Ocean, as well as for his attempt to find a Northwest passage across the North American continent.
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Pub. Date
1997.
Description
"Skills: Planning and conducting controlled experiments, measuring in degrees and meters, graphing, interpreting data -- Concepts: Rocketry, technology, triangulation -- Themes: Systems & interactions, models & simulations, stability, patterns of change, structure, energy, matter, scale, diversity & unity -- Nature of science and mathematics: Scientific community, interdisciplinary, cooperative efforts, creativity & constraints, theory-based and...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Completely revised, this third edition of Explorer's Guide Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks and Jackson Hole: A Great Destination goes far beyond the usual compilation of information to give you such an intimate and comprehensive view you'll want to return again and again to experience everything. More than 3.5 million people visit Yellowstone and Grand Teton annually, and with good reason. This last great intact temperate eco-system in...
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