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4) Henry Hudson
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the adventures of the seventeenth-century English explorer, from his search for a short route from Europe to the Orient to his mysterious disappearance after members of his crew mutinied.
7) John Cabot
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and voyages of the Italian-born explorer who claimed land in the New World for England in 1497.
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Briefly describes the life of the Spanish explorer who first came to the New World with Columbus and went on to become governer of Puerto Rico and later came to Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth.
12) Vasco da Gama
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Portuguese explorer who opened up the lands to the east of Europe by discovering a waterway to India.
13) Amerigo Vespucci
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a biography of the fifteenth-century merchant, explorer, and navigator for whom America is named.
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a biography of Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Incas in Peru, destroying the Inca civilization and creating Spanish colonies in the New World.
15) Hernan Cortes
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses Hernan Cortez, the Spanish explorer whose brutal conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico started Spanish settlements in the New World.
17) La Salle
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of La Salle, the French explorer who led expeditions to North America, and the Ohio and Mississipi rivers.