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#V6550
Now Available!
Grades 5-8
13-Volume Set
23 minutes each
DVD Features – English & Spanish Language Tracks, Discussion Questions & Activities, Chapter Select
Closed-captioned[cc]
Set: $519.35, Each: $39.95
Examine the lives of many significant explorers and the countries
they represented on their influential journeys in the Explorers of the World
video series. Each dramatization provides an in-depth look at the legendary figures
who embarked on tremendous expeditions, utilizing innovative navigational tools and
techniques while shaping the development of the world. Follow along as two young
hosts encounter these renowned explorers and learn about their exciting discoveries
and startling disappointments.
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Discover the story of Marco Polo, the most famous European to
travel to Asia in the 13th century. His book, The Travels of
Marco Polo, helped to inspire countless other European explorers,
including Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama. Follow along with
our two young hosts as they are given a chance to meet and speak with this
famous explorer as he describes the fascinating tales of his adventures to
the East. Polo details his relationship with Kublai Khan, the great Mongol
ruler who allowed him to travel throughout China to collect information
about the land and its people. Viewers will hear about how the account
of Polo’s travels was written - exaggerations and all - in a jail cell in Genoa, Italy.
Students will enjoy hearing Marco Polo speak and answer questions about all this
and more in this exciting video dramatization. 23 minutes.
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Follow along as our two young hosts are given a chance to meet
and question one of history’s most famous explorers - Christopher Columbus.
Listen as Columbus describes why he believed that a short cut to Asia could
be found by sailing west, and how he was able to keep his crew from mutinying
after his first voyage lasted much longer than he had expected. Learn about the
goals, successes and failures of all four of Columbus’ voyages to the New World
and find about his technique of using the prevailing winds to cross the Atlantic.
Learn more about the Taino, the native people of the Caribbean, and their
encounters with Columbus and his crew. Discover how Columbus’ questionable
tactics led to the downfall of this native group. Students will enjoy learning the
truth of this often romanticized explorer and hearing Columbus discuss and
defend his actions in this exciting video dramatization. 23 minutes.
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Ferdinand Magellan sailed west in search of a passage to the trading lands
of the East and became the first person to lead an expedition to circumnavigate
the globe. Join our young hosts as they listen to Magellan describe his discovery
of a new passage at the southern tip of South America and his experience crossing
the Earth’s largest ocean. Learn about his discovery of a new chain of islands,
the Philippines, and how he proved that the Indies could be reached by sailing west.
Find out why Magellan renounced his Portuguese citizenship and set sail as a
Spanish subject. Discover the way in which his crews conspired to mutiny on
several occasions and learn how Magellan met his untimely death in battle in
the Philippines. Plus, find out how we discovered the true story of Magellan’s
great voyage, even though most of his journals were destroyed. 23 minutes.
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Within a period of 15 years, the Spanish conquistadors Hernán Cortés
and Francisco Pizarro gathered untold riches while conquering two native empires,
the Aztec and the Inca. Follow our young hosts as they discover how Cortés was
able to capture and destroy the great capital city of the Aztec. Then hear from Pizarro
as he describes his various expeditions in search of the vast wealth of the Inca.
In addition, examine the sophisticated civilizations of the Aztec and Inca, and
discover how European diseases decimated each empire’s population and
ultimately led to their destruction. 23 minutes.
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Henry Hudson was an accomplished navigator andexplorer. During
his four voyages, Hudson never found the elusive shorter route from
Europe to Asia he was seeking; yet his contribution to charting previously
unexplored territory was enormous. Join our two young hosts as they meet
and speak with Henry Hudson, and listen as Hudson describes his expedition
along the eastern coast of North America and his voyage into what is now
known as Hudson Bay. In this exciting video dramatization, discover the
truth about this English explorer whose discoveries influenced the colonization
of the New World. 23 minutes.
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In the early 1800s, President Thomas Jefferson chose Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark to explore the land that lay beyond the
western boundaries of the United States. Their goals: to search for
the elusive Northwest Passage through North America, to open
communications with Indian nations, to claim and clarify new
borders and territories and to return with maps and detailed
observations of the natural resources that they sighted along the way.
Join our two young hosts who speak with Lewis & Clark as
they tell the story of their journey to the Pacific Ocean and back.
Hear about Sacagawea, the Shoshoni woman who played a large
role in the expedition as an interpreter and guide. 23 minutes.
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Join our two young hosts as they learn about Christopher "Kit"
Carson, one of the great American frontiersmen who opened the West for the
United States. Discover how Daniel Boone, an expert woodsman and superior
negotiator, founded the first permanent settlement in Kentucky. Learn about
Zebulon Pike and his search for the source of the Mississippi River, and
Jedediah Smith, the first American to travel over land to California while
pioneering the route that became known as the Oregon Trail. Hear about James
Beckwourth, one of the greatest storytellers the West had ever seen, and listen
as Kit Carson tells his own exciting story of exploration in the West. 23 minutes.
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Sailing 500 years before Columbus, the Vikings - or Norsemen - are
credited with being the first Europeans to reach the New World. Join
our two young hosts as they speak with Leif Erikson as he recounts the
history of the Age of Vikings. Discover why the Vikings decided to leave
their European homes in search of fertile lands, timber and adventure. Learn
how the technology of their ships enabled them to voyage to new lands.
Hear the tale of Erik the Red and his quest to settle a new colony in Greenland.
Then listen as Erikson describes the Viking attempts to settle in Vinland, which
many historians now believe to be in modern-day Newfoundland. 23 minutes.
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Portugal, despite its small size, became a pioneer in the exploration of
international sea routes through the vision of its leaders, the support of
its merchants and the courage and perseverance of its explorers. Follow
along with our two young hosts as they are given a chance to meet and
speak with Prince Henry the Navigator, who, though he never left Portugal,
inspired the first European exploration of the African coast. Discover how
his leadership encouraged explorers like Gil Eanes to travel and map areas
where no European had been before. Listen to Bartolomeu Dias describe
his exploration around the southern tip of Africa, and hear Vasco da Gama
speak about his voyages to India. Learn about the seafaring voyages of brave
Portuguese explorers in this exciting video dramatization. 23 minutes.
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Following Columbus’ initial voyages of exploration, Spain established a
pattern of conquest and settlement in the New World, fueled by a desire
for wealth and colonies. In the name of Spain, many adventurers set out to
explore and conquer the remainder of the unclaimed and uncharted Americas.
Join our young hosts as they discover the world of the conquistadors who, in
their search for a shorter path to the East, found personal wealth and an empire
with boundless treasures for Spain. Hear the story of Álvar Núñez
Cabeza de Vaca, who traveled across North America from Florida to California. Learn
of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado’s exploration of the American Southwest,
Juan Ponce de León’s discovery of Florida and as Hernando de Soto’s
discovery of the Mississippi River. Students will enjoy these accounts of the
Spanish conquistadors’ expeditions contained in this exciting video dramatization. 23 minutes.
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During the Age of Exploration, England's advancement initially lagged
behind the other European powers; however it quickly became involved
in the race to colonize and reap the benefits of the new world. Join our
two young hosts as they are introduced to Sir Walter Raleigh who tells the
story of the great English explorers. Learn about the voyages of John Cabot,
credited with making the first European landfall in North America after the
Vikings. Discover the story of Sir Francis Drake, the first European to travel
in his own ship all the way around the world. Students will also enjoy
listening as Raleigh describes his attempts to organize the first English
settlement in North America. 23 minutes.
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When France sent explorers to the New World, it was searching for
wealth, colonies, and a route to the East. Follow along with our two
young hosts as they learn how the French established New France and
claimed most of present-day Canada. Hear about Giovanni da Verrazano,
the first European to sail into present day New York Bay; and Jacques
Cartier who discovered the St. Lawrence River. Hear about Samuel de
Champlain, who established the first permanent settlement in North America
at Quebec; Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette, who traversed the Mississippi
River Valley; as well as René-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle who claimed
the land at the mouth of the Mississippi for France. 23 minutes.
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People have explored since the dawn of time, seeking wealth, power,
colonies, information and the attainment of other goals. This program
takes a closer look at the major reasons people were inspired to explore
throughout the ages and the innovations that supported advancements in
exploration. Discover the motivations of early explorers whose bravery in
exploration provided a foundation for the successes that would occur
during the European Golden Age of Discovery. Learn about the development
of some important tools of navigation and see why these improvements
enabled explorers to travel over land and sea more successfully. 23 minutes.
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