Explorers Project
Here is a list of some of the books on explorers owned by the Swampscott Library. Most of these are located on display just outside the Children’s Room. Please ask the librarian if you need any assistance.
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- Knudsen, Shannon – Leif Eriksson
- Donaldson-Forbes, Jeff – Amerigo Vespucci
- Calvert, Patricia – Hernando Cortes : fortune favored the bold
- Meltzer, Milton – Francisco Pizarro : the conquest of Peru
- Worth, Richard – Pizarro and the conquest of the Incan empire in world history
- Bernhard, Brendan – Pizarro, Orellana, and the exploration of the Amazon
- Goodman, Joan E – A long and uncertain journey : the 27,000 mile voyage of Vasco da Gama
- Stefoff, Rebecca – Vasco da Gama and the Portuguese explorers
- Syme, Ronald – De Soto, finder of the Mississippi.
- Gallagher, Jim – Hernando de Soto and the exploration of Florida
- Whitman, Sylvia – Hernando de Soto and the explorers of the American South
- Gaines, Ann – Hernando de Soto and the Spanish search for gold in world history
- Rutsala, David – The sea route to Asia
- Eagen, Rachel – Ponce de Leon : exploring Florida and Puerto Rico
- Green, Tamara – Juan Ponce de Leon
- Harmon, Dan – Juan Ponce de Leon and the search for the Fountain of Youth
- Blue, Rose – Exploring the southeastern United States
- Roberts, Russell – Pedro Menendez De Aviles
- Stefoff, Rebecca – Ferdinand Magellan and the discovery of the world ocean
- Gallagher, Jim – Ferdinand Magellan and the first voyage around the world
- Bailey, Katharine – Ferdinand Magellan : circumnavigating the world
- Molzahn, Arlene Bourgeois – Ferdinand Magellan, first explorer around the world
- Burnett, Betty – Ferdinand Magellan : the first voyage around the world
- Levinson, Nancy Smiler – Magellan and the first voyage around the world
- Menard, Valerie – Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
- Ash, Maureen – Vasco nunez de Balboa
- Sterne, Emma Gelders – Vasco Nunez de Balboa
- Petrie, Kristin – Vasco Nunez de Balboa
- Rice, Earle – The life and times of Sir Walter Raleigh
- Ward, Nancy – Sir Walter Raleigh : founding the Virginia colony
- Gallagher, Jim – Sir Francis Drake and the foundation of a world empire
- Duncan, Alice Smith – Sir Francis Drake and the struggle for an ocean empire
- Coulter, Tony – Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, and the explorers of Canada
- Faber, Harold – Samuel de Champlain, explorer of Canada
- Morganelli, Adrianna – Samuel de Champlain : from New France to Cape Cod
- MacLeod, Elizabeth – Samuel de Champlain
- Gleason, Carrie – Henry Hudson : seeking the Northwest Passage
- Doak, Robin S. (Robin Santos) – Hudson : Henry Hudson searches for a passage to Asia
- Weaver, Janice – Hudson
- Kurtz, Henry Ira – John and Sebastian Cabot.
- Syme, Ronald – John Cabot and his son Sebastian
- Blashfield, Jean F – Cartier : Jacques Cartier in search of the Northwest Passage
- Donaldson-Forbes, Jeff – Jacques Cartier
- Coulter, Tony – LaSalle and the explorers of the Mississippi
- Stein, R. Conrad – The story of Marquette and Jolliet
- Petrie, Kristin – Marquette and Jolliet
- Zelenyj, Alexander – Marquette & Jolliet : quest for the Mississippi
- Goodman, Joan E – Despite all obstacles : La Salle and the conquest of the Mississippi
- Petrie, Kristin – La Salle
- Landau, Elaine – Columbus Day : celebrating a famous explorer
- Hynson, Colin – Columbus & the renaissance explorers
- Scavone, Daniel C. – Christopher Columbus
- Sis, Peter – Follow the dream
- Dodge, Steve – Christopher Columbus and the first voyages to the New World
- Fradin, Dennis B – The Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa MarÃa
- Meltzer, Milton – Columbus and the world around him
- Levinson, Nancy Smiler – Christopher Columbus : voyager to the unknown
- Greene, Carol – Christopher Columbus : a great explorer
- Sammartino, Peter – Columbus