I wonder why Columbus crossed the ocean and other questions about explorers
Book - 2013
Explores common questions about how and why explorers did what they did when exploring the world.
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- Published
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New York :
Kingfisher
2013.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
- ISBN
- 9780753469675
- Who were the first explorers?
- Where was Punt?
- Who was Hanno?
- Why did people go exploring?
- What made early explorers starstruck?
- Why did explorers often get lost?
- When did the East discover the West?
- Who set sail in junks?
- Whose journey lasted 24 years?
- What was the Silk Road?
- Which Italian teenager traveled the Silk Road?
- Why did Columbus cross the ocean?
- Did he find what he was looking for?
- What was life like on board?
- Who were the conquistadores?
- Where was the city on a lake?
- Where was New France?
- Who followed in the explorers' footsteps?
- Who blazed a trail across the Rockies?
- How did the Pacific Ocean get its name?
- Who first sailed around the world?
- What is the Northwest Passage?
- Why is Doctor Livingstone famous?
- Who cracked the puzzle of the longest river?
- Why did some explorers wear dresses?
- Who named the kangaroo?
- When did Europeans discover surfing?
- Which explorers crossed Australia?
- When did the Beagle set sail?
- Why were some explorers also artists?
- Which explorers dived the deepest?
- Are there chimneys under the sea?
- Which explorers were the first at the North Pole?
- Who won the race to the South Pole?
- What is a polar explorer's best friend?
- Who were the first people in space?
- When were the Moon landings?
- Is there anywhere left to explore?