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Lewis and Clark
Personally selected by President Thomas Jefferson, Captain Meriwether Lewis was assigned to lead an expedition to the West, where the United States had just completed the Louisiana …
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese sailor working for the Spanish, believed he could find a shorter route to India by heading west instead of east. Like Columbus before him, he was …
Captain James Cook
James Cook, son of a farm laborer and onetime shopkeeper's apprentice, became one of England's greatest explorers. After learning his trade as a seafarer in the Royal Navy, he …
Hernan Cortes
On February 10, 1519, Hernan Cortes set sail for the Yucatan, seeking gold and a new world to conquer. Within nine months, he had reached the capital of the Aztec kingdom and taken …
Jacques Cartier
Commissioned by King Francois I of France to claim new lands for the country, Jacques Cartier arrived in Newfoundland in 1534. Seeking a Northwest Passage to the riches of India, …
Vasco da Gama
In his voyages to India, beginning in 1497, Vasco da Gama revolutionized the economy of Europe. As the first navigator to find a route to India around Africa's Cape of Good Hope, …
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake rose from humble beginnings on an English farm to become one of the country's most widely acclaimed heroes. As a result of his early exploits at what amounted to …
Sir Edmund Hillary
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 …
Robert De La Salle
La Salle is one of the best-known but least-understood explorers of human history. Celebrated for following the Mississippi to its mouth in present-day Louisiana, he was also …
Great Explorers Set, 10-Volumes
Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorers as they scale Mount Everest, discover new lands and civilizations, and circumnavigate the oceans in the quest for …
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Most explorers are famous for their successes and triumphs, but Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton never met his ultimate goal of crossing the Antarctic continent. Instead, …
Great Moments in Space Exploration
Looking back at the creation and accelerated development of the early U.S. and former-Soviet ""space race,"" ""Great Moments in Space Exploration"" profiles the intrepid American …