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Exploration: Middle School

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FC  W11-321  A New World
FC  W11-329  Christopher Columbus
♥   ​A Book of Famous Explorers (1901)
Volume from The Young Folks' Library.
♥   By Star and Compass by W. S. Wallace (1922)
Tales of the exploration of Canada.
♦   $   ​Cartier:  Finder of the St. Lawrence by Ronald Syme
♥   ​Children’s Stories in American History by Henrietta Wight (1885)
​A very good story collection of many of the early explorers.  Includes a chapter on the Mound Builders. 
♥   ​Christopher Columbus  by Mildred Stapley (1915)
Written to correct some of the erroneous teachings that had grown up from legends.
♥   ​Columbus and Magellan by Thomas Lawler (1904)
♥   ​Days of the Discoverers  by Louise Lamprey (1921)
♦   ​Discovers of the New World by Joseph Berger
American Heritage Junior Library
♥   ​Explorers and Settlers by Charles Barstow (1912)
A collection of stories written by some of the top children's writers of the era.  Will likely work best as a read aloud.
♦   $   ​Great Adventures That Changed the World   (1978)
This is a quality collection of stories by Reader's Digest.  High interest and well illustrated.
♥   ​Indian Sketches: Pere Marquette by Cornelia Hulst (1912)
The Native Americans through the eyes of Father Marquette.
LANDMARKS:
  • ​♦   $   ​The Voyages of Christopher Columbus
  • ​♦   $   ​Balboa: Swordsman and Conquistador
  • ​​​♦   $   ​Ferdinand Magellan
  • ​♦   $   ​The Vikings
  • ​$   ​Walter Raleigh: Man of Two Worlds
  • ​$   ​The Explorations of Pere Marquette
  • ​$   ​The Voyages of Henry Hudson
  • ​$   ​Pocahontas and Captain John Smith
$   ​Into the Unknown by Matthew Henson
Good and Beautiful Book.  "The adventures of three Arctic explorers—Fridtjof Nansen, Robert Edwin Peary, and Matthew A. Henson—are told in this compilation of biographical and autobiographical stories. These fascinating and inspiring accounts are packed with excitement and educational value. Why will the explorers die if they eat the snow when they are thirsty? Why was it sometimes necessary to blow up the ice to save their lives? What explorer lost all of his toes except for one due to frostbite?"
♦   $   Magellan by Ronald Syme (1953)
Follow Magellan on his voyage around the world.
♥   ​Pioneer Spaniards in North America by William Johnson (1903)
♥   ​Pioneers on Land and Sea  by Charles McMurry (1916) 
Book One of Three that includes Champlain, Hudson, Magellan, John Smith, Raleigh, deLeon
♥   ​Story of the Discovery of the New World  by Frederick Saunder (1892)
Includes stories of explorers before Columbus as well.
♥   ​The Story of the Vikings by Mary MacGregor
This link is to the Baldwin Project.
♦   $   ​The Sea King: Sir Francis Drake by Albert Marrin
An account of the life and exploits of the notable sixteenth-century English navigator and commander, the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and vice-admiral of the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada.
♥   ​The Story of Columbus by Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye
Includes many illustrations.
♥   ​Travellers and Explorers Intro. by Robert E. Peary (1903)
Full of life and visual imagery.​
HISTORICAL FICTION
BIOGRAPHIES
♦   ​Amerigo Vespucci by Ronald Syme
♦   ​Captain Cook by Ronald Syme
♦   ​Captain John Smith by Margaret Leighton
♦   ​Columbus by Ronald Syme
♦   ​DeSoto by Ronald Syme
George M. Towle Young Folks Heroes of History -- Very good!
  • ♥   ​Magellan
  • ♥   ​Vasco de Gama
  • ♥   Pizarro
  • ♥   ​Drake
  • ♥   Ralegh
♦    ​John Cabot and His Son Sebastian by Ronald Syme
♦    John Smith of Virginia by Ronald Syme
♦   ​Magellan, First Around the Word by Ronald Syme
♦    ​Juan Ponce de Leon by Nina Brown Baker
♥   Sir Walter Raleigh by Nine Brown Baker
♥   ​The Life of Christopher Columbus by Edward Everett Hale
From his own letters, journals and documents of his time. 
♥   ​The Life of Christopher Columbus by Sarah Crompton (1915)
♥   ​The Story of Sir Francis Drake by Mrs. Oliver Elton (1906)
♥   The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh by Margaret Kelly
This link is to the Baldwin Project.
♦   Vancouver by Ronald Syme
♦   Vasco de Gama by Ronald Syme
♦   Walter Raleigh by Ronald Syme
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