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1) Explorer
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Looks at the worlds of Amelia Earhart, Jacques Cousteau, Marco Polo and other famous explorers, sharing real-life photographs of their equipment and personal possessions as well as objects they found.
4) Marco Polo
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Recounts the adventures of the Italian merchant during his travels to China, based on Marco Polo's own accounts.
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Provides an account of the Shackleton expedition of 1914, during which explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven set out to cross the Antarctic continent on foot, only to have their ship, Endurance, break up eighty-five miles short of their destination, leaving them stranded for close to two years. Includes a photographic record of the adventure.
12) The explorers
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Text and photographs describe early 20th century exploration of the polar regions and other unexplored regions.
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Tom and Jamie can't believe their luck when they find a secret entrance to a prehistoric world filled with dinosaurs! The boys return to the dinosaur world looking for adventure. But they get a little more than they bargained for when a herd of triceratops charges right through their lunch!
16) Hernán Cortés
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A biography of Cortés, dividing his life into the segments of scholar, adventurer, settler, captain, invader, guest, conqueror, and veteran.
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"As one of the many installments in Jules Verne's Voyage Extraordinaire series, Journey to the Center of the Earth promises high stakes and thrilling adventure. When Professor Otto Lidenbrock bought an ancient runic manuscript, which chronicles the lives of Norwegian Kings, he did not expect to learn of anything but the history of Icelandic leaders. However, upon further inspection, Lidenbrock and his nephew, Axel, find that the manuscript includes...
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In 1885 the last Frenchman shows up at Summitville, Colorado. He is looking for a fabulous treasure of gold left behind by earlier relatives and countrymen. During the search he falls in love and subsequently this costs him his life. His acquaintances, Leon Montroy, Asa Poor and Jim White (Blanco) continue the search. This is the conclusion of the Citadel Mountain (Treasure Mountain) series.