Jr. Graphic Famous Explorers

Readers will travel around the world with Ferdinand Magellan, as they learn how a man who started off life as a page became one of the world's most famous explorers. They discover how Magellan proved it was possible to circumnavigate the globe. Vibrant full-page illustrations coupled with an action-packed story will captivate all readers. Book review: Ferdinand Magellan"This dramatized account of Magellan's life and voyage may draw younger or less able readers with its graphic-style presentation. … the large, easy-to-read panels of art offer figures in period costume who pose and emote with rousing theatricality in depictions of the troubled expedition's hardships … and other major events described in the boxed passages of running commentary. … this entry in the Junior Graphic Famous Explorers series supplies the basic facts without looking like obvious assignment reading." - John Peters, Booklist

Born to a noble family, Coronado still had to make his own fortune. Going on a quest, he crisscrossed the southwestern United States in search of the "seven cities of gold." Although he never found the cities, he was the first European to see the Grand Canyon and a multitude of other natural wonders. Readers will journey along in his adventures and struggles, enjoying the text from cover to cover.