Summarizes the lives and accomplishments of five women who were explorers in North and South America.

"Could you survive being a lone castaway on a deserted island? Ada Blackjack: Castaway in the True Survival series explores Blackjack's shocking survival story. The book is written with a high interest level and lower level of complexity to serve more mature students reading at lower levels. Clear visuals, colorful photographs (including images of the survivors!), and considerate text help with comprehension and wild facts hold the readers' from the...

Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.

Chronicles the lives and expeditions of Henry Stanley and David Livingstone as they unlocked many geographic secrets of Africa and traces the history of European colonialism on the African continent.

Discusses the origins, way of life, and history of the early people who settled in Florida thousands of years before the arrival of the first Europeans.

Traveling through time to defend history from his arch nemeses, the Pirate Cats, Geronimo and friends join Christopher Columbus on his voyage from Italy to the New World in 1942 in order to stop the Pirate Cats and save all of the mice on Mouse Island.

A biography of the wealthy Spaniard who came to the New World to seek glory and who was the first European to reach the Mississippi River in 1541.

Describes the life of Daniel Boone, including his exploration of Kentucky, his interaction with various Indian tribes, and his role in the westward expansion of the American frontier.

After his father and brothers fail to return from a voyage to the west, Finn, a twelve-year-old Viking, stows away on Leif Ericsson's ship and sails to North America to search for them.

An account of Zebulon Pike and his explorations in the Northwest and West, including his activities in Mexico on behalf of General James Wilkinson and his role in the War of 1812.