Benchmark/Marshall Cavendish.Benchmark/Marshall Cavendish 99 White Plains Rd, Tarrytown NY 10591 $20.95 each www.marshallcavendish.com The third set of Benchmark's 'Great Explorations' series is out, this reaching grades 4-6 with an excellent series of biographical coverages of major explorers. Harold Faber's Samuel De Champlain (0761416080) recounts the life and achievements of the major explorerer of Canada, Steven Otfinoski's Vasco Nunez De Balboa (0761416099) details the discoveries of the Pacific region explorer, his Juan Ponce De Leon Noun 1. Juan Ponce de Leon - Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip in 1493; in 1513 he discovered Florida while searching for the legendary Fountain of Youth (1460-1521) Ponce de Leon (0761416102) tells of the discoverer of Florida, Patricia Calvert's Zebulon Pike Zebulon Montgomery Pike Jr. (January 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813) was an American soldier and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. His Pike expedition, often compared to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, mapped much of the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase. (0761416129) outlines the harrowing story of an explorer who became lost in the Rockies he was charting, her Vasco De Gama (0761416-110) tells of an act of audacity au·dac·i·ty n. pl. au·dac·i·ties 1. Fearless daring; intrepidity. 2. Bold or insolent heedlessness of restraints, as of those imposed by prudence, propriety, or convention. 3. and a South Seas South Seas, name given by early explorers to the whole of the Pacific Ocean. In recent times the name has been used to mean only the central Pacific, the S Pacific, and the SW Pacific. explorer who took many risks, and Milton Meltzer's Francisco Pizarro (076-1416072) tells of Pizarro's conquest of Peru and his encounter with Ican wars. Each book holds over 70 pages of information, includes an index, glossary and bibliography along with plenty of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color illustration, and outlines risks, motivating factors, and influences of each explorer and his world for a well-rounded presentation. |
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