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The Time Warp Trio find themselves in a desert in China, and in order to retrieve their magical book from the court of Kublai Khan, they must pose as astrologers and join the caravan of Marco Polo and his father.

Geronimo Stilton lives in New Mouse City on Mouse Island with his friends and relatives. He works at The Rodent's Gazette, the most famous newspaper in New Mouse City. In these comics, Geronimo Stilton travels back in time to save the future, by protecting the past from his arch nemeses, the Pirate Cats. These devious felines plan to change history to make them supreme rulers of Mouse Island! Geronimo and Friends chase the dastardly Pirate Cats to...

Risk Takers/History Makers: John Wesley Powell and his expedition faced starvation, dizzying cliffs, terrifying rapids, and even death to explore tthe Grand Canyon. Magellan's Lost Fleet: A modern-day group of explorers heads to Patagonia, Argentina in search of Magellan's ships.

The true story of Christopher Columbus was not only one of victorious discovery; it was also marked by disaster, accusation, and betrayal. Ten short years after his discovery of the New World, Columbus languished in a Caribbean prison. There, awaiting the gallows, he plotted what he called his "most treacherous" voyage--one that ended with the loss of all four of his ships and left Columbus and his crew shipwrecked with little hope of survival.

Southwest: Spanish conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was the first explorer of North America's Southwest. Fired by tales of the legendary Seven Cities of Cibola and their alleged riches, Coronado left New Spain (Mexico) in 1540 with 300 soldiers and eventually became the first European to set eyes on the Grand Canyon. Southeast: In 1562 French naval officer Jean Ribault sailed to America with the goal of establishing a French Protestant colony....

Northeast: Henry Hudson survived mutiny and discovered the mouth of the Hudson River in 1609. In 1610 he returned to the continent is search of a northwest passage, but after a year of enduring extreme cold weather, part of the crew mutinied and set Hudson, his don and seven others adrift on a small boat, never to be seen again. Northwest: In 1724, Danish navigator Vitus Jonassen Bering was sent by Peter the Great toexplore the water routes between...

This series covers history from 3500 B.C. to the 1780's. This course analyzes civilizations by looking at their geographic and political environments, their technologies, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. Students will look at history from new perspectives, come to understand the connections between human beings despite time and distance, and appreciate the lasting effects these civilizations have had on Western civilization....