So you Want to Be an Explorer? by Judith St. George, illustrated by David Small, Philomel Books, Penguin Young Readers Group, New York, NY, 2005
An exploration of what motivates explorers in a witty and inspirational examination of the characteristics of many actual explorers. There are a very helpful Glossary and Bibliography at the end too.
Exploration Great Lives by Milton Lomask, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, NY, 1988
Biographical sketches of twenty-five significant individuals in the history of world exploration, listed alphabetically from Amundsen to Vespucci, and ranging in time from Pytheas in the 4th Century BC to Richard Byrd in the mid 20th Century.
The World Made New: Why the Age of Exploration Happened & How It Changed the World by Marc Aronson and John W. Glenn, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 2007
A look at the vast changes that impacted the civilizations on both sides of the Atlantic following the voyages of Columbus, Cortes, Pizzaro, Cartier, DeSoto, and Drake. The Sources and Web Sites section at the end is also a helpful resource.
Explorers & Traders by Clair Craig, Dr. Anne Millard Consulting Editor,The Nature Company Discoveries Library, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA 1996
An overview of trading and the explorations that often were motivated by trade, and that led to changes in trade from the first civilizations to the modern world.
The History News: Explorers by Michael Johnstone, Shane Winser consultant, Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA 1997
The stories of many explorers from 3,500 years ago to the present, as they might have been reported if newspapers were in existence at the time.
Extraordinary Explorers and Adventurers by Judy Alter, Children's Press, Scholastic Inc., New York, NY 2001
The stories of 70 or so explorers and adventurers from the time of Greek Mythology through the 20th Century, with each the topic of a 2 or 3 page summary of their accomplishments.
Juan Ponce de Leon by Claude Hurwicz, The Rosen Publishing Group, PowerKids Press, The Rosen Publishing Group, New York, NY 2001
The life of Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon who first came to the New World with Columbus, and returned to become governor of Puerto Rico and then to search for the Fountain of Life in Florida. This and the following 2 books are part of a series on Explorers and the Estabrook Library has many of them, so if you don't see anything about the explorer you want to explore in this book list ask the librarian.
Vasco da Gamma by Tanya Larkin, The Rosen Publishing Group, PowerKids Press, The Rosen Publishing Group, New York, NY 2001
The life of the Portugese explorer, Vasco da Gamma, who found a water trade route from Europe to India by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.
Jacques Cartier by Jeff Donaldson-Forbes, The Rosen Publishing Group, PowerKids Press, The Rosen Publishing Group, New York, NY 2002
The life of the French explorer, Cartier, who started in hopes of finding a Northwest Passage to India but actually explored the Atlantic coast of Canada and the Saint Lawrence river in several expeditions.
Morning Girl by Michael Dorris, Hyperion Books for Children, New York, NY 1992.
A fictional acount of the life of a young Arawak girl and her brother, living on an island in the Bahamas, and her encounter with some of the first European explorers to reah the New World.
Who Really Discovered America? by Stephen Krensky, illustrated by Steve Sullivan, Hastings House Publishers, New York, NY,1987
An examination of the recent thoughts by historians on how, why, and when many other earlier explorers than Columbus may have reached the Americas from Europe and Asia. The Estabrook library copy is signed by the author, who lives in Lexington.
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