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Explorers : the most exciting voyages of discovery, from the African expeditions to the lunar landing / by De Porti, Andrea,1968-(CARDINAL)549026;
Includes bibliographical references ( pages 54-55) and index.Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke and the search for the source of the Nile -- Ernest Doudart de Lagrée and Francis Garnier and the ruins of Angkor Wat -- David Livingstone and the "missionary road" -- Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs among oases and temples -- Henry Morton Stanley in "Darkest Africa" -- Timothy O'Sullivan recording the Wild West -- Challenger exploring the deep -- Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky, mapmaker to the Czar -- Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, peaceful conqueror -- Teober Maler and the Mayan civilization -- John William Lindt in Australia and Oceania -- Vittorio Bottego in East Africa -- Fridtjof Nansen and Fram -- Vittorio Sella, mountaineering photographer -- Auguste Jean-Marie Pavie, peaceful colonist -- Isabella Bird Bishop in the Middle Kingdom -- Jean-Baptiste Marchand from the Congo to the White Nile -- Francis Younghusband and the "Great Game" -- Alfred Wegener and continental drift -- Robert Peary and Matthew Henson on the top of the world -- Jean-Baptiste Charcot, pourquoi-pas? -- Sven Hedin on the Silk Road -- Roald Amundsen and the Northwest Passage -- Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole -- Robert Falcon Scott and Discovery -- The last journey of Robert Falcon Scott -- Katherine Routledge on Easter Island -- Gertrude Bell, queen without a crown -- Cândido Rondon and Theodore Roosevelt in the rain forest -- Ernest Shackleton and Endurance -- Ferdinand von Zeppelin and Hugo eckener, the age of the airship -- Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings -- Rosita Forbes and Ahmed Hassanein Bey at the Kufrah Oasis -- Alexandra David-Néel in the heart of Tibet -- André Citroën's Croisière Noire across Africa -- Charles Lindbergh in a single bound -- Albert H. MacCarthy and the icy giant -- Umberto Nobile and the red tent -- Aimone di Savola in the heart of the Karakorams -- La Croisière Jaune in the footsteps of Marco Polo -- Ardito Desio in the world's largest desert -- Freya Stark, an intrepid solitary -- Théodore Monod, a life in the desert -- Hans Hass among the fish -- Maria Reiche and the enigma of Nazca -- Edmund Hillary and the world mother goddess -- Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki -- Challenging K2 -- Nautilus under the North Pole -- Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, the first man in space -- Neil Armstrong in the Sea of Tranquility -- Apollo 13 and the Moon.
Subjects: Explorers; Explorers; Discoveries in geography.; Explorateurs; Explorateurs; Découvertes géographiques.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Captain Cook / by MacLean, Alistair,1922-1987.(CARDINAL)153369;
Subjects: Biographies.; Cook, James, 1728-1779.; Cook, James, 1728-1779.; Explorers; Explorateurs;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, and the explorers of Canada / by Coulter, Tony.(CARDINAL)359750;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105) and index.Surveys the early exploration of Canada by Cartier, Champlain, and others.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Cartier, Jacques, 1491-1557; Champlain, Samuel de, 1574-1635; Cartier, Jacques, 1491-1557; Champlain, Samuel de, 1567-1635.; Explorers; Explorers; Explorers; Explorateurs; Explorateurs;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 7
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Great voyages of discovery : circumnavigators and scientists, 1764-1843 / by Brosse, Jacques.(CARDINAL)130799;
Bibliography: pages 225-228.
Subjects: Discoveries in geography.; Voyages around the world.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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The atlas of North American exploration : from the Norse voyages to the race to the pole / by Goetzmann, William H.(CARDINAL)142560; Williams, Glyndwr.(CARDINAL)331210; Swanston, Malcolm.(CARDINAL)373872; Lewis, Isabelle(Cartographer)(CARDINAL)373874; Land, Jacqueline.(CARDINAL)373873;
Bibliography: pages 203-209.
Subjects: Atlases.; Maps.; Explorers; Explorateurs;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The atlas of North American exploration : from the Norse voyages to the race to the pole / by Goetzmann, William H.(CARDINAL)142560; Williams, Glyndwr.(CARDINAL)331210; Swanston, Malcolm.(CARDINAL)373872; Lewis, Isabelle(Cartographer)(CARDINAL)373874; Land, Jacqueline.(CARDINAL)373873;
MARCIVE 03/01/06Bibliography: pages 203-209.
Subjects: Maps.; Explorers; Explorateurs;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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La Salle : claiming the Mississippi River for France / by Payment, Simone.(CARDINAL)666124;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-108) and index.Profiles the explorer who, upon hearing rumors of the Mississippi River, determined first to find it, then to claim it for France and establish French settlements from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687; La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687; Explorers; Explorers; Explorateurs; Explorateurs;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sir Reginald's logbook / by Hammill, Matt.(CARDINAL)503050;
Find out what perils and pitfalls await the stouthearted explorer in this record of one man's journey from his living room into the fantastic jungle of his imagination.AD730L
Subjects: Fiction.; Picture books.; Explorers; Quests (Expeditions); Explorateurs; Livres d'images pour enfants.; Quête (Littérature);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Explorers' botanical notebook : in the footsteps of Theophrastus, Marco Polo, Linnaeus, Flinders, Darwin, Speke and Hooker / by Thinard, Florence,1962-author.(CARDINAL)413322; Fourie, Yannick,photographer.(CARDINAL)630497; Collishaw, Barb,translator.(CARDINAL)430971;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-166) and index.Introduction. Voyages to plants unknown -- Portraits of the botanical explorers."This book follows the journey of over 80 pioneering botanists and the important findings and collections they have made. It includes each journey and routes taken with the help of maps and personal notes. Each story explains the complications and difficulties that each botanist had to overcome but the many discoveries made along the way."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Botanists; Botanists; Botany; Scientific expeditions;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dora the explorer. by Herles, Kathleen,1991-Actor(DLC)no2006062169; Chad, Harrison,Actor(DLC)no2006070865;
Voices: Kathleen Herles, Harrison Chad, Marc Weiner."Dora the explorer" episodes originally broadcast on television 2002-2006.Dora and Boots help the music teacher get to school on time after her bicycle breaks; Dora writes a new song for music class but she leaves it at home in Boots' room.Not rated.
Subjects: Children's films.; Drama.; Fiction films.; Fiction television programs.; Juvenile works.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Émissions télévisées pour enfants.; Films pour enfants.; Séries télévisées.; Fictions télévisées.; Films de fiction.; Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.; Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Dora, the Explorer (Fictitious character); Dora the Explorer (Fictitious character); Dora, the Explorer (Fictitious character); Teacher-student relationships; Music; Explorers; Voyages and travels; Teacher-student relationships; Music; Explorers; Voyages and travels; Musique; Explorateurs; Voyages; Explorers; Music; Teacher-student relationships; Voyages and travels;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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