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Extreme Scientists : Exploring Nature’s Mysteries From Perilous Places

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by Donna M. Jackson
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Book, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009
Description
From hurricanes to caves to the crowns of towering redwoods, these scientists battle some of the earth?s most intense conditions in order to save lives, preserve species, and help us to better understand the way our planet works. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Science · Vocational guidance · Juvenile literature · Explorers · Jackson, Donna M., 1959-
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OVER CHILD LIT (LOWER) 509.2 J124e 2009 NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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Who Was First? : Discovering The Americas

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by Russell Freedman
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Book, Clarion Books, 2007
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- Table of contents only
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Many generations of American schoolchildren were taught that Columbus discovered America, and a holiday reminds us every October. And expeditions that landed in the Americas reported people already living there?indicating that America had been “discovered” before. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Explorers · America · Biography · Juvenile literature · Discovery and exploration · Pre-Columbian · Freedman, Russell
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 970.01 F853w 2007 AVAILABLE

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Snow Baby : The Arctic Childhood Of Admiral Robert E. Peary’s Daring Daughter

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Katherine Kirkpatrick
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Book, 1st ed, Holiday House, 2007
Description
Born in a two-room, tar paper-covered house in the far north of Greenland, Marie Ahnighito Peary was destined to have an exciting childhood. Growing up partly in Greenland wearing native clothing, Marie and her Inuit playmates explored the frozen tundra, played with sled dog puppies, and kept a baby musk ox as a pet. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Peary, Marie Ahnighito, · 1893-1978 · Childhood and youth · Juvenile literature · Peary, Robert E. · (Robert Edwin), · 1856-1920 · Family · Children · Arctic Regions · Biography · Washington (D.C.) · Juvenile literature · Explorers · Family relationships · Arctic regions · Kirkpatrick, Katherine
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The Adventures Of Marco Polo

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by Russell Freedman ; with illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline ; accompanied by archival, period artwork
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Book, 1st ed, A.A. Levine Books, 2006
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Polo, Marco, · 1254-1323? · Pictorial works · Juvenile literature · Juvenile literature · Explorers · Italy · Biography · Storytelling · Travel, Medieval · Asia · Description and travel · Freedman, Russell
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We Asked For Nothing : The Remarkable Journey Of Cabeza De Vaca

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by Stuart Waldman ; illustrated by Tom McNeely
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Book, Mikaya Press, 2003
Description
In 1528, the conquistador Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca escaped a hostile reception in Florida only to be shipwrecked off the coast of Texas. When Cabeza de Vaca finally reached the Spanish, he was a changed man and led the struggle against the feudal-like exploitation of the New World populations. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, · 16th cent. · Juvenile literature · Indians, Treatment of · History · 16th century · Indians of North America · Explorers · America · Biography · Juvenile literature · Spain · Discovery and exploration · Spanish · Description and travel · Waldman, Stuart, 1941- · McNeely, Tom
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1500

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by Virginia Schomp
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Book, Benchmark Books, 2003
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Discoveries in geography · Juvenile literature · Explorers · Sixteenth century · Civilization, Medieval · Schomp, Virginia
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A Long And Uncertain Journey : The 27,000 Mile Voyage Of Vasco Da Gama

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by Joan Elizabeth Goodman ; illustrated by Tom McNeely
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Book, Mikaya Press, 2001
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Gama, Vasco da, · 1469-1524 · Travel · Juvenile literature · Explorers · Portugal · Biography · Discoveries in geography · Portuguese · Goodman, Joan E · McNeely, Tom
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Uncommon Traveler : Mary Kingsley In Africa

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written and illustrated by Don Brown
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Book, Houghton Mifflin, 2000
Description
In 1870, an eight-year-old girl named Mary Kingsley lived in a small house on a lonely lane outside London, England. In 1893 Mary traveled to West Africa and proceeded to embark on an astonishing journey of discovery. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, · 1862-1900 · Juvenile literature · Explorers · Africa, West · Biography · Great Britain · Women explorers · Juvenile literature · Discovery and exploration · British · Brown, Don, 1949-
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Mountain Men : True Grit And Tall Tales

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Andrew Glass
Publication Details
Book, Doubleday book for young readers, 2000
Description
In 1804, Lewis and Clark set out to find the fabled Northwest Passage to the Pacific, mounting the first expedition across the uncharted territory of President Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase. Though they never found the nonexistent Northwest Passage-or the lost tribes of Israel, rumored to be living in the Great American Desert-they did discover that the entire region west of the Mississippi was swarming with beaver. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Pioneers · West (U.S.) · Biography · Anecdotes · Juvenile literature · Trappers · Explorers · Frontier and pioneer life · Juvenile literature · History · To 1948 · Glass, Andrew, 1949-
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Sir Walter Ralegh And The Quest For El Dorado

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Marc Aronson
Publication Details
Book, Clarion Books, 2000
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Raleigh, Walter, · Sir, · 1552?-1618 · Juvenile literature · Explorers · England · Biography · Great Britain · Court and courtiers · Juvenile literature · Guiana · Discovery and exploration · Aronson, Marc
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Black Whiteness : Admiral Byrd Alone In The Antarctic

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by Robert Burleigh ; illustrated by Walter Lyon Krudop
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1998
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Byrd, Richard Evelyn, · 1888-1957 · Juvenile literature · Explorers · United States · Biography · Antarctica · Discovery and exploration · Burleigh, Robert · Krudop, Walter, 1966-
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Discovering Christopher Columbus : How History Is Invented

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Kathy Pelta
Publication Details
Book, Lerner Publications, 1991
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Columbus, Christopher · Juvenile literature · Explorers · America · Biography · History and criticism · Spain · Discovery and exploration · Spanish · Historiography · Pelta, Kathy
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Forgotten Voyager : The Story Of Amerigo Vespucci

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Ann Fitzpatrick Alper
Publication Details
Book, Carolrhoda Books, 1991
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Vespucci, Amerigo, · 1451-1512 · Juvenile literature · Explorers · America · Biography · Spain · Discovery and exploration · Spanish · Juvenile literature · Alper, Ann Fitzpatrick
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The Remarkable Voyages Of Captain Cook

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Rhoda Blumberg
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Bradbury Press, 1991
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Cook, James, · 1728-1779 · Travel · Juvenile literature · 1728-1799 · Voyages around the world · Explorers · Great Britain · Biography · Blumberg, Rhoda
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Follow The Dream

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by Peter Sis
Publication Details
Book, Knopf, 1991
Description
“The illustrations, executed in a variety of media, show scenes from the explorer’s life as well as some imaginary creatures that populated the Europeans’ picture of the outside world at that time. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Columbus, Christopher · Juvenile literature · Explorers · America · Biography · Spain · Discovery and exploration · Spanish · Juvenile literature · Sis, Peter, 1949-
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