The life and conquests of the Spanish explorer who joined an expedition to the New World in 1502 and subsequently claimed for Spain parts of Mexico, Central America, and South America including Peru.

A biography of the explorer whose brutal conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico was responsible for the first Spanish settlements in the New World.

A biography of the Italian traveler who became the first European to cross Asia completely and document his experiences.

This book presents a biography of John Cabot and his son Sebastian, explorers to the New World in the 1500s.

Describes the journeys of French explorer who joined an expedition to Canada and founded a settlement at Quebec, joined the Algonquins and Hurons against the Iroquis in an attempt to keep the land, and became the leader of New France.

Describes da Gama's expeditions to the Cape of Good Hope, the East Indies, and Calicut.

A description of the life and voyage of the sixteenth-century Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition to sail around the world.

Outlines the events of this English explorer's famous Arctic journeys and his search for the Northwest Passage to Asia.

Examines the facts and theories surrounding the voyages taken to North America by the English explorer John Cabot in the late 1490s.

Profiles Prince Henry of Portugal, whose support enabled explorers to claim new lands, spread Christianity, and increase trade between Europe and Africa while he, himself, remained close to home.