This booklist is focused on recounting the tales of those that set out to connect the world through discovery, the Herodotus's, the Magellans, the Marco Polo's, the Ibn Batusta's, the Cortez's of the world. These were people that set out with a purpose to bring back or accomplish something (knowledge, gold, religious converts, power, etc.). So not mere travellers but discoverers and interpreters. We will address scientific discovery in a separate booklist.
Are there others you would suggest. Please use the comments section to nominate other cadidates for this list.
Are there others you would suggest. Please use the comments section to nominate other cadidates for this list.
This book list is divided into two sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to books for Independent Readers.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Picture Books
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Independent Reader
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The World Made New by Gill Davies & Marc Aronson Suggested |
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Captain James Cook by Enid Broderick Suggested |
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The Adventures of Marco Polo by Russell Freedman and Linas Alsenas and illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline Suggested |
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Despite All Obstacles: La Salle and the Conquest of the Mississippi by Joan Elizabeth Goodman and illustrated by Tom McNeely Suggested |
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The Lewis And Clark Expedition by Jessica Gunderson and illustrated by Steve Erwin, Keith Williams & Charles Barnett Recommendation |
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