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10) Zebulon Pike
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Describes the adventures and travels of the army officer who explored the upper Mississippi, Great Plains, and Colorado area before the War of 1812.
14) Hernando de Soto
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A biography of the Spanish explorer who became the first European to reach the Mississippi River.
15) James Cook
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The life of the British navigator and explorer whose three famous voyages resulted in the accurate mapping of much of the South Pacific.
18) Richard Burton
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Follows the life and accomplishments of Richard Burton, African explorer, Islamic scholar, discoverer of Lake Tanganyika, and translator of "The Arabian Nights."
19) Francis Drake
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Describes the life and adventures of the seaman who was the first Englishman to sail around the world.
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Describes Coronado's explorations in the southwestern United States in the 1540s, an expedition which revealed for the first time to Europeans the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, the Great Plains, herds of buffalo, stark deserts, snow-capped mountain peaks--yet never the gold the Spaniards so avidly desired.
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