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While the Age of Exploration and the 18th & 19th centuries certainly expanded the usable areas of our world, the 20th century may arguably be called the most interesting era of exploration the human race has ever experienced. It was in this century that we were able to stretch our frontiers into the harshest areas of the globe—the frigid arctic and the depths of the sea—while expanding our reach into the deeps of the Amazon and the subcontinent of Africa. Technology enabled us to really begin reaching for the heavens, broaching the atmosphere and first landing men on the moon. In contrast, some daring men decided to eschew that same technology to explore the past, using old methods to recreate epic voyages in an attempt to understand how ancients and medievals made their first forays into the unknown.

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	African Traveler The Story of Mary Kingsley by Ronald Syme from William Morrow & Company for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Album of Spaceflight by Tom McGowen, illustrated by Lee Brubaker from Rand McNally for 4th-6th grade in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
	All About Rockets and Jets All About Books #13 by Fletcher Pratt 2^nd edition from Random House for 3rd-6th grade in All About Books (Location: VIN-ALL)
	All About Satellites and Space Ships All About Books #28 by David Dietz from Random House for 4th-6th grade in All About Books (Location: VIN-ALL)
	All About Satellites and Space Ships All About Books #28 by David Dietz Revised edition from Random House for 4th-6th grade in All About Books (Location: VIN-ALL)
	All About the Arctic and Antarctic All About Books #20 by Armstrong Sperry from Random House for 3rd-8th grade in All About Books (Location: VIN-ALL)
	All About Undersea Exploration All About Books #35 by Ruth Brindze, illustrated with more than 60 photographs from Random House for 3rd-6th grade in All About Books (Location: VIN-ALL)
	Americans in Space by John Dille from American Heritage Publishing Co. for 6th-10th grade in American Heritage Junior Library (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Americans Into Orbit The Story of Project Mercury Landmark #101 by Gene Gurney from Random House for 5th-9th grade in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
	Apollo on the Moon by Henry S. F. Cooper, Jr. from Dial Press for 6th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Armstrong The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon by Torben Kuhlmann, Translated by David Henry Wilson from NorthSouth for 2nd-6th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	Book of Marvels: Marvels of the Occident from Living Book Press for 3rd-Adult in International Landmarks & Symbols (Location: HISV-LANINT) $27.99
	Book of Marvels: Marvels of the Orient by Richard Halliburton from Living Book Press for 3rd-12th grade in International Landmarks & Symbols (Location: HISV-LANINT) $27.99
	Colonization of the Moon by D. S. Halacy, Jr. from Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. for 6th-10th grade in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Conquest of the North and South Poles Landmark #27 by Russell Owen, illustrated by Lynd Ward from Random House for 5th-8th grade in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
	Explorer's Handbook by Marilyn Tolhurst from Dutton Children's Books for 4th-6th grade in Age of Exploration (1450-1700) (Location: HISA-16EXP)
	Explorers & Discoverers - 4 Volume Set From Alexander the Great to Sally Ride from UXL Publishing biographical encyclopedia for 5th-8th grade in World History Reference (Location: HISW-REF) $30.00 (1 in stock)
	Exploring the Himalaya A Story of the Conquests of the Highest and Most Perilous Mountain Range in the World World Landmark #36 by William O. Douglas from Random House for 5th-9th grade in World Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAN)
	Fly the Space Shuttle by Carole Stott 1st American ed from DK Publishing for 4th-8th grade in Space Race & Exploration (Location: HISA-20SPR)
	Great Discoveries and Amazing Adventures Stories of Hidden Marvels and Lost Treasures by Claire Llewellyn from Kingfisher for 4th-8th grade in Archaeology (Location: HISRF-ARCH) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Heroes of Polar Exploration by Ralph Andrist from American Heritage Publishing Co. for 6th-10th grade in Horizon Caravel Books (Location: VIN-HOR)
	How High Can We Climb? by Jeannine Atkins 1^st edition from Farrar, Straus and Giroux for 5th-8th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Ice Story by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel 1^st edition from Clarion Books for 4th-8th grade in 20th Century Exploration (Location: HISW-20EXP) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Kit Carson: Folk Hero and Man by Noel B. Gerson from Doubleday & Company for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Lindbergh Alone May 21, 1927 by Brendan Gill from Harcourt, Brace & World for 4th-9th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins by Bea Uusma Schyffert from Chronicle Books for 4th-8th grade in Space Race & Exploration (Location: HISA-20SPR) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Mission Control, This Is Apollo Story of the First Voyages to the Moon by Andrew Chaikin, Victoria Kohl from Viking Press for 4th-9th grade in Space Race & Exploration (Location: HISA-20SPR)
	Mountain Conquest by Eric Shipton from Harper & Row for 4th-8th grade in Horizon Caravel Books (Location: VIN-HOR)
	North Pole A Doubleday Signal Book by Tony Simon, Illustrated by Albert Orbaan from Doubleday & Company for 4th-8th grade in 20th Century Exploration (Location: HISW-20EXP) $6.00 (2 in stock)
	North Pole Was Here by Andrew Revkin from Kingfisher for 5th-8th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS) $2.00 (2 in stock)
	Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer by Alice Lide & Margaret Johansen, illustrated by Raymond Lufkin from Little, Brown & Company for 4th-8th grade 1931 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Peter Freuchen's Adventures in the Arctic by Dagmar Freuchen, ed. from Julian Messner for 4th-6th grade in 20th Century Exploration (Location: HISW-20EXP)
	Polar Exploration Journeys to the Arctic and Antarctic by Martyn Bramwell from DK Publishing for 4th-6th grade in 20th Century Exploration (Location: HISW-20EXP) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Real Book About Mountain Climbing by William B. McMorris, illustrated by Alert Orbaan from Garden City Books for 4th-6th grade in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
	Real Book About Space Travel by Samuel Epstein from Garden City Books for 5th-8th grade in Real Books series (Location: VIN-RBA)
	Roald Amundsen: A Saga of the Polar Seas by J. Alvin Kugelmass from Kingston House for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Scott's Last Journey by Peter King (editor), Foreword by Beryl Bainbridge from HarperCollins for 6th-Adult in 20th Century Exploration (Location: HISW-20EXP) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	Secrets of a Civil War Submarine Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley by Sally M. Walker from Carolrhoda Books, Inc. for 4th-8th grade 2006 Robert F. Sibert Medal winner in American Civil War (1860-1865) (Location: HISA-19CW) $10.50 (1 in stock)
	Space Shuttle: A Photographic History by Philip S. Harrington from Browntrout Publishers for 4th-10th grade in Clearance: Science & Health (Location: ZCLE-SCI)
	Spacecraft at Work by Mary Elting, illustrated by Ursula Koering from Harvey House, Inc., Publishers for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Admiral Peary at the North Pole Cornerstones of Freedom by Zachary Kent from Children's Press for 4th-6th Grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN)
	Story of Apollo 11 First Man on the Moon Cornerstones of Freedom by R. Conrad Stein & David J. Catrow III from Children's Press for 3rd-6th grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN)
	Story of the Challenger Disaster Cornerstones of Freedom by Zachary Kent from Children's Press for 4th-6th Grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN)
	Story of the Moon Landing by R. Conrad Stein 2^nd edition from Children's Press for 4th-6th grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN)
	Thor Heyerdahl Viking Scientist by Wyatt Blassingame from Dutton Children's Books for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	To the Top of the World Sir Edmund Hillary and the Conquest of Everest by Mark Sufrin from Platt and Munk Publishers for 4th-8th grade in 20th Century Exploration (Location: HISW-20EXP) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Voyage of the Ruslan The First Manned Exploration of Mars by Joshua Stoff from Atheneum for 3rd-6th grade in Space Race & Exploration (Location: HISA-20SPR) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Walk in Space: The Story of Project Gemini Landmark #117 by Gene Gurney from Random House for 5th-9th grade in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
	We Were There with Byrd at the South Pole We Were There #4 by Charles S. Strong, illustrated by J. Graham Kaye from Grosset & Dunlap Historical Fiction for 5th-9th grade in We Were There Series (Location: VIN-HIS)
	World Explorer: Robert Falcon Scott by Joan Bristow from Garrard Publishing Company for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)

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