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Historical Fiction - Age of Exploration Genre
Books in the Historical Fiction - Age of Exploration genre:
Botany Bay (1941)
Hugh Tallant, an American living in England is convicted of highway robbery and sent to the Australian penal colony in the ‘First Fleet.’
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Author(s):
James Norman Hall
Charles Nordhoff
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
I Discover Columbus (1941)
Aurelio the parrot tells the real story of what happened when Columbus met Isabella in 1492.
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Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Great Venture (1952)
The story of a failed Scot's colony in central America.
Author(s):
Robert Carse
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Balboa, Swordsman and Conquistador (1956)
In 1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and founded the first permanent European settlement on the mainland of the Americas at Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien.
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Author(s):
Felix Riesenberg, Jr.
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Stories of Early America (1958)
Stories and poems about early American history for younger children.
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Buffalo and Beaver (1960)
Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights.
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Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
Sir Francis Drake: His Daring Deeds (1988)
From cabin boy to admiral of the English navy, Sir Francis Drake was a bold adventurer.
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Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard