Epic treks : Lewis & Clark, Livingstone & Stanley, Burke & Wills, Amundsen & Scott

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Label

Epic treks : Lewis & Clark, Livingstone & Stanley, Burke & Wills, Amundsen & Scott

Title remainder

Lewis & Clark, Livingstone & Stanley, Burke & Wills, Amundsen & Scott

Statement of responsibility

Betty Hagglund

Creator

• Hagglund, Betty

Subject

• Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928
• Burke, Robert O'Hara, 1821-1861
• Clark, William, 1770-1838
• Explorers
• Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
• Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
• Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912
• Stanley, Henry M., (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
• Wills, William John, 1834-1861
• Adventure and adventurers

Language

eng

Summary

From the earliest times, men and women explored their world. Some searched for trade routes, lost treasures, or new lands to colonize; others traveled as missionaries, to spread religious beliefs. More than anything else, however, what motivated the greatest explorers was simple curiosity.What was on the other side of that mountain? How wide was North America? Where was the source of the Nile River? Finding out often involved traveling incredible distances overland: on foot, horse, or camel, by wagon or canoe and for months, even years, at a time. And it usually meant facing severe dangers, extraordinary hardships, and the uncertainty of not knowing when, if ever, you might make it back home

Member of

• Epic adventure

Cataloging source

AJP

Dewey number

• 910.9
• J 910.92 HAG

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

G465

LC item number

.H28 2011

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Epic adventure

Target audience

juvenile