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Alper, Ann. Forgotten Voyager: The Story of Amerigo Vespucci. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1991. This book contains what is known about Amerigo Vespucci who charted much of the coasts of South and Central America in the early 1500s and for whom the continents of the Western Hemisphere are named. 80 pages.
Asikinack, Bill and Kate Scarborough. North America. Parsippany: New Discovery Books, 1995. This well-illustrated book is a survey of North American history from the American Indian perspective. It describes the early migration of people to North America, encounters with European explorers and settlers, and lives of modern-day American Indians. 48 pages.
Bakeless, John. America As Seen by Its First Explorers: The Eyes of Discovery. Mineola: Dover Publications, Inc., 1989. This book includes journals, diaries, and letters that recreate the experiences of these explorers as they encountered a seemingly untouched New World. 439 pages.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. Prince Henry the Navigator. New York: Macmillan, 1990. This is one of the few picture books about Prince Henry the Navigator. It has beautiful charcoal drawings and an engaging, accurate text. The book is out of print, but many public and school libraries have copies. 32 pages.
Fritz, Jean. Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan. New York: Putnam, 1994. Arranged chronologically, this book examines the voyages of 10 explorers: Prince Henry the Navigator, Bartholomew Diaz, Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Pedro Alvares Cabral, John Cabot, Amerigo Vespucci, Juan Ponce de León, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, and Ferdinand Magellan. 128 pages.
Grant, Neil. The Great Atlas of Discovery. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Each map in this well-illustrated atlas focuses on a topic or theme, from the urge to explore to modern exploration. 64 pages.
Johnson, Sylvia A. Mapping the World. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1999. A history of mapmaking showing how maps both reflect and change people's view of the world. Includes beautiful color reproductions of maps and bibliographical references. 32 pages.
Lomask, Milton. Exploration: Great Lives. New York: Simon & Schuster Children's, 1991. Contains 25 biographies of explorers from 300 B.C. to the 1900s, including Henry the Navigator. Each biography is about nine pages long and includes illustrations. Difficult text. 256 pages.
Macaulay, David. Ship. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Everything you ever wanted to know about caravels, the space shuttles of the 1400s. 96 pages.
MacDonald, Fiona. Marco Polo: A Journey Through China. New York: Franklin Watts, Incorporated, 1998. A detailed account of Marco Polo's experiences in Asia. It discusses the people and cultures he encountered. 32 pages.
Poole, Frederick King. Early Exploration of North America. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1989. With nice illustrations, this book includes stories of the most significant explorers of the 1400s and 1500s. Although out of print, copies are available at most libraries. 64 pages.
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