Explore Your World

The moon, the world, the ocean and the stars have been explored and continue to be explored as advances in science and math make deep sea and space exploration possible. But, we cannot forget those who came first: Columbus, de Gama, Hudson, Pizzaro and all the men and women who braved everything to sail off the “edge of the earth” and dared to see what was beyond the horizon.
Your library is a great place to begin your own exploration of what is beyond your front door:
• Explorers: Great Tales of Adventure and Endurance by Alasdair Macleod
• Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea and Air by Ross Stewart
• Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey from NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer by Mireya Mayor
• The Book of Universes: Exploring the Limits of the Cosmos by John D. Barrow
• Columbus: The Four Voyages by Laurence Bergreen
• The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
• Boone: A Biography by Robert Morgan
• The Discovery of Jeann Baret: The Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe by Glynis Ridley
• The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must by Robert Zubrin
• Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer by David Roberts
• The Practical Naturalist: Explore the Wonders of the Natural World by Jill Hamilton
• Prowling the Deep: Exploring the Hidden World of Ocean Predators by Pamela Turner
• The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage by Anthony Brandt
• Champlain’s Dream by David Hackett Fischer
• Galaxies: Immense Star Island by David Jefferis
• A Treasury of Foolish Forgotten Americans: Pirates, Skinflints, Patriots and other Colorful Characters Stuck in the Footnotes of History by Michael Farquhar

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