Describes the life and times of Daniel Boone, a man associated with the exploration of Kentucky and the westward expansion of the American frontier.

A biography of the sixteenth-century Spaniard who explored Florida and other southern states, and became the first white man to cross the Mississippi River.

Brief text describes the life and travels of the sixteenth-century French navigator who made three voyages to what is today known as Canada, in search of a northwest passage to China.

An introduction to the life 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.

Describes the fifteenth century voyages taken by Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, who furthered his nation's power by expanding trade routes to India.

This book describes the life and accomplishments of Captain John Smith, who saved England's Jamestown colony from failure and who explored North America's eastern coast.

Describes the seventeenth-century French adventurer's exploration of the length of the Mississippi River and and his claim of the entire Mississippi River Basin as French territory, which the United States later obtained in the Louisiana Purchase.

This book describes the life and accomplishments of Marco Polo, the first European to cross the entire continent of Asia.

This book describes the life and accomplishments of Robert Peary, the American explorer who reached the North Pole in 1909.

Examines the life and accomplishments of English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh.