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9781626721203 | Roaring Brook, February 14, 2017, cover price $19.99

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9780778714316 | Crabtree Pub Co, September 19, 2014, cover price $9.95

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9780778714255 | Crabtree Pub Co, September 19, 2014, cover price $27.60

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9781617839672 | Abdo & Daughters, August 1, 2013, cover price $27.07

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Product Description: Readers will travel around the world with Ferdinand Magellan, as they learn how a man who started off life as a page became one of the world's most famous explorers. They discover how Magellan proved it was possible to circumnavigate the globe...read more

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9781477701232 | Powerkids Pr, January 15, 2013, cover price $10.60 | About this edition: Readers will travel around the world with Ferdinand Magellan, as they learn how a man who started off life as a page became one of the world's most famous explorers.

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9781477700693 | Powerkids Pr, January 15, 2013, cover price $26.25

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Product Description: Like fastfact readers, this core knowledge and curriculum guide offers personal accounts, maps and primary sources and offer the highest quality graphic presentation to thrill young readers. With hundreds of facts about the Americas and the world during the Age of Discovery and Exploration this book will introduce the logic of world trade and stimulate imaginative and thrilling reading and rereading...read more

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9781848982994 | 1 edition (Black Rabbit Books, August 1, 2010), cover price $37.10 | also contains Magellan & The Americas | About this edition: Like fastfact readers, this core knowledge and curriculum guide offers personal accounts, maps and primary sources and offer the highest quality graphic presentation to thrill young readers.

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Product Description: Like fastfact readers, this core knowledge and curriculum guide offers personal accounts, maps and primary sources and offer the highest quality graphic presentation to thrill young readers. With hundreds of facts about the Americas and the world during the Age of Discovery and Exploration this book will introduce the logic of world trade and stimulate imaginative and thrilling reading and rereading...read more

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9781848982994 | 1 edition (Black Rabbit Books, August 1, 2010), cover price $37.10 | also contains Magellan & The Americas | About this edition: Like fastfact readers, this core knowledge and curriculum guide offers personal accounts, maps and primary sources and offer the highest quality graphic presentation to thrill young readers.

Describes the fifteenth century voyages taken by Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, who furthered his nation's power by expanding trade routes to India.

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9781616138486 | Checkerboard Library, January 1, 2010, cover price $25.65

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9781591976035 | Checkerboard Library, April 1, 2004, cover price $27.07 | About this edition: Describes the fifteenth century voyages taken by Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, who furthered his nation's power by expanding trade routes to India.

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Product Description: Grade Level: 2-3 Age Level: 7-8 Listening Level: Grades 4-6 The Library of Explorers and Exploration™ Primary sources make these fascinating books unique. The titles in this visually stunning new biography series will provide middle school readers with an understanding of each explorer's life and achievements...read more

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9781423394051 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, October 20, 2009), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Grade Level: 2-3 Age Level: 7-8 Listening Level: Grades 4-6 The Library of Explorers and Exploration™ Primary sources make these fascinating books unique.
9781423394075 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, October 20, 2009), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Grade Level: 2-3 Age Level: 7-8 Listening Level: Grades 4-6 The Library of Explorers and Exploration™ Primary sources make these fascinating books unique.

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9780823936175 | Rosen Central, September 1, 2002, cover price $35.60 | About this edition: A description of the life and voyage of the sixteenth-century Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition to sail around the world.

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9781604134223 | 1 edition (Chelsea House Pub, August 1, 2009), cover price $35.00

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Product Description: In his voyages to India, beginning in 1497, Vasco da Gama revolutionized the economy of Europe. This biography of Vasco da Gama not only presents the life of this famous Portuguese navigator but also describes his impact on world events during the 16th century.

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9781604134230 | 1 edition (Chelsea House Pub, September 1, 2009), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: In his voyages to India, beginning in 1497, Vasco da Gama revolutionized the economy of Europe.

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Highlights the life of mapmaker and explorer Amerigo Vespucci, in whose honor America was named.
By Lorene Lambert and Jed Mickle (illustrator)

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9780972860383 | Well-Trained Mind Pr, December 1, 2005, cover price $9.50 | About this edition: Highlights the life of mapmaker and explorer Amerigo Vespucci, in whose honor America was named.

Profiles Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the first person known to have sailed around the world, and introduces some of the lands, people, plants, and animals he discovered on his journeys.

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9780836851762 | Gareth Stevens Pub, July 1, 2003, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Profiles Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the first person known to have sailed around the world, and introduces some of the lands, people, plants, and animals he discovered on his journeys.

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9780836850161 | World Almanac Education, August 1, 2003, cover price $30.60 | About this edition: Profiles Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the first person known to have sailed around the world, and introduces some of the lands, people, plants, and animals he discovered on his journeys.

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9781439534137 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, July 1, 2008), cover price $20.95

A biography of Ferdinand Magellan. As well as providing a full life story and analysis of his work, it places his achievements in context by looking at the technological and historical context of the time. The book includes quotes and writings from newspapers and journals of the time; a look at the ongoing impact of his work; and information about his rivals and the men and women who affected his life and work.

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9781588103697 | Not Applicable, April 1, 2001, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: A biography of Ferdinand Magellan.

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9781588100450 | Heinemann/Raintree, March 1, 2001, cover price $31.43 | About this edition: A biography of the Portuguese explorer who organized the first circumnavigation of the world, which provided information about the actual size and shape of the world.

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9781439545959 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $17.99

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Product Description: Part of a series which looks at the journeys of great explorers throughout history, this book details Magellan's voyage around the world, including the Spice Islands and the Philippines, mutiny and shipwreck at sea.

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9780431191249 | Heinemann Intl Inc, March 30, 2008, cover price $29.50 | About this edition: Part of a series which looks at the journeys of great explorers throughout history, this book details Magellan's voyage around the world, including the Spice Islands and the Philippines, mutiny and shipwreck at sea.

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Product Description: How did Marco Polo manage to walk across all of Asia? Why did he become a favorite of fabled Mongol ruler Kublai Khan? Why was he not recognized on his return home? More than 700 years ago, merchants grew rich trading silks, spices, and glittering jewels between Europe and East Asia...read more

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9781403497598, titled "Marco Polo's Travels on Asia's Silk Road" | Not Applicable, September 1, 2007, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: How did Marco Polo manage to walk across all of Asia?

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9781403497512, titled "Marco Polo's Travels on Asia's Silk Road" | Heinemann/Raintree, September 1, 2007, cover price $32.00 | About this edition: How did Marco Polo manage to walk across all of Asia?

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Product Description: How did Ferdinand Magellan crush his crews violent rebellion? What were the navigating skills needed to cross unknown oceans? Was Magellan really the first person to sail completely around the world? Nearly 500 years ago, Spain and Portugal fought fiercely for ocean supremacy and control of rich trading routes between Europe and Southeast Asia...read more

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9781403497628 | Not Applicable, September 1, 2007, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: How did Ferdinand Magellan crush his crews violent rebellion?

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9781403497543 | Heinemann/Raintree, September 1, 2007, cover price $32.00 | About this edition: How did Ferdinand Magellan crush his crew’s violent rebellion?

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Each colorful book in this series describes what an explorer's life was really like on an expedition, from what they wore to what they ate, and includes colorful maps and images showing the areas explored; a look at the political climates of various countries that made explorers venture out into the unknown; and an examination of how explorers lived while on the high seas, on the trail, or in the encampment.

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9780778724575 | Crabtree Pub Co, April 11, 2007, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Examines the life of the first man to discover a sea route from Europe to India, focusing on life on the expedition, as well as a looking at the social and political environment at the time.

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9780778724216 | Crabtree Pub Co, April 11, 2007, cover price $26.60 | About this edition: Examines the life of the first man to discover a sea route from Europe to India, focusing on life on the expedition, as well as a looking at the social and political environment at the time.

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Young readers can chart a course for adventure when they read about the journeys of famous explorers in this series that includes timelines, maps, colorful images, and discussion questions to promote further reading.

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9781596797444 | Checkerboard Library, February 1, 2007, cover price $27.07 | About this edition: Describes the life and accomplishments of the sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer who led the first voyage to circumnavigate the world--although he did not live to see it--and discovered the strait that bears his name.

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Recounts the life of Prince Henry the Navigator, who encouraged Portuguese exploration in Africa, and places it in the context of the end of medieval views of geography and the beginnings of the Portuguese empire and the slave trade.

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9780778724698 | Crabtree Pub Co, October 30, 2006, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Recounts the life of Prince Henry the Navigator, who encouraged Portuguese exploration in Africa, and places it in the context of the end of medieval views of geography and the beginnings of the Portuguese empire and the slave trade.

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9780778724339 | Crabtree Pub Co, November 30, 2006, cover price $26.60 | About this edition: Recounts the life of Prince Henry the Navigator, who encouraged Portuguese exploration in Africa, and places it in the context of the end of medieval views of geography and the beginnings of the Portuguese empire and the slave trade.

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Highlights the life and accomplishments of the Portugeuse explorer whose ship was the first to sail around the world.

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9781584154808 | Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, September 15, 2006, cover price $25.70 | About this edition: 'Learn about the life of the famous explorer.

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