Exploration And Discovery category: 202 books
De oude Grieken!
Verhalen uit het Rijk van Alexander de Grote
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 27, 2017
Het Oude Griekenland door de ogen van Arend van Dam (Lang geleden...)
De boeiende cultuur van het oude Griekenland spreekt nog altijd tot de verbeelding. Arend van Dam neemt de lezer mee op reis en laat hem kennismaken met de bekende en minder bekende verhalen uit de geschiedenis van dit bijzondere...
Eine Frauenfahrt um die Welt
Reise von Wien nach Brasilien, Chili, Otahaiti, China, Ost-Indien, Persien und Kleinasien
Language: German
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Zu dieser Reise brach Ida Pfeiffer im Mai 1846 auf, über Hamburg gelangte sie nach Rio de Janeiro. In Brasilien entkam sie nur knapp einem Mordanschlag. Im Februar 1847 machte sie die gefürchtete Schiffspassage durch die stürmischen Gewässer um Kap Hoorn nach Valparaíso in Chile. Über Tahiti,...
Meine Zweite Weltreise
Von Wien nach London, Singapore, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Die Molukken, Kalifornien, Peru, Ecuador und Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika
Language: German
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Zunächst wollte sich Ida Pfeiffer nun, im Alter von 54 Jahren, endgültig zur Ruhe setzen - gab diesen Vorsatz aber wieder auf und verließ im Mai 1851 abermals Wien, um über London nach Südafrika zu reisen. In Kapstadt überlegte sie, ob das Innere Afrikas und danach Australien ihre nächsten...
by Ida Pfeiffer
Language: German
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Als Vorbereitung auf kommende Reisen eignete sich Ida Pfeiffer naturkundliche Kenntnisse an, unter anderem die Grundlagen fachgerechter Tier- und Pflanzenpräparation. Sie lernte Englisch und Dänisch und das Notwendigste über Fotografie, die als Daguerreotypie noch in den Kinderschuhen steckte....
by Denis Sauvé, Jean-Claude Larocque
Language: French
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Language: French
Release Date: September 22, 2011
En 1610, Étienne Brûlé, alors âgé de 17 ans, se retrouve chez les Hurons. Pour survivre, il n’aura d’autre choix que de devenir un des leurs. Très tôt, il adoptera leur façon de vivre et maîtrisera leur langue, au point de mériter le titre de «fils des Hurons». La métamorphose sera...
The Oregon Trail
An Interactive History Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
You’re living in the United States during the time of the Westward Expansion. Settlers are heading west on the Oregon Trail as they seek better lives. Will you: Go west with your family as part of a wagon train? Serve as a trail guide for a group of settlers? Try to cope with the changes in your...
DK Readers: Terror on the Amazon
The Quest For El Dorado
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Deep in the Amazon rainforest Spanish soldiers went looking for El Dorado in the City of Gold. But few survived to tell the tale...
Packed with full-color photographs, lively illustrations, and engaging, age-appropriate stories to introduce young children to a life-long love of reading. These...
Trapped in Antarctica!
Nickolas Flux and the Shackleton Expedition
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
When a spontaneous time leap sends Nickolas Flux back to Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated Endurance Expedition to Antarctica, what's a teenage history buff to do? Try to avoid becoming stranded at the bottom of the world, of course! From the crushing of the Endurance by ice to the heroic lifeboat journey...
De bromvliegzwaan
en andere verhalen over onze taal
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 12, 2018
Een grappig boek over taal van meesterverteller Arend van Dam
In De bromvliegzwaan neemt Arend van Dam je mee op reis, de taal achterna. Hoe is onze taal ontstaan? Waar op de wereld is het Nederlands terechtgekomen? En wie hebben onze taal daar gebracht?
Maak kennis met Clement van Gent, de...
by Barbara deRubertis
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
This is the story of the famous explorer Christopher Columbus, beginning with his childhood dream of being a sailor. A courageous, determined, and sometimes greedy man, his many voyages never brought him the riches or land he sought, but what he did find was more important than he ever could have imagined.
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Christopher Columbus was a brave and curious man. He was an explorer who went out to the unknown to discover new lands. It was Christopher Columbus who discovered the Americas, which he dubbed as the New World. Know about his life and his story in this biography book for kids age 6 to 8. What’s your favorite part of Christopher’s story? Grab a copy today!
by Judith Bloom Fradin, Dennis Brindell Fradin, Who HQ
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2002
Sacagawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in American history, traveling 4500 miles by foot, canoe, and horse-all while carrying a baby on her back! Without her, the Lewis and Clark expedition might have failed. Through this engaging book, kids will understand the...
by Joan Holub, Who HQ
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2007
Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back! More than seven hundred years ago, Marco Polo traveled from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan, seeing new sights and riches that no Westerner had ever before witnessed....
I, Columbus
My Journal, 1492–1493
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People: A firsthand account of Christopher Columbus’s famous voyage to the East, taken directly from his journal entries
Christopher Columbus had a dream—to reach the fabled lands of the East, rich with spices, jewels, silver, and especially...