Overview
Travel with John Cabot across the North Atlantic, sail around the world with Sir Francis Drake, explore the ocean depths with Jacques Cousteau, and much more as daring explorers discover what lies beyond the next mountain or over the sea. Learn about each explorer’s childhood and family and how he got his start in exploration. Discussion questions, informative maps, timelines, and more bring these historical ventures to life. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.