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  • He Went With Drake
    Louise Andrews Kent
    Oliver Barrett is only 12 when he becomes a musician onboard one of Sir Francis Drake’s ships at war with the Spanish Armada - a large battle fleet preparing to fight England. Four years after returning home with enough money to buy an estate a short message arrives from Drake. Come to Plymouth. Oliver packs his bags and leaves that very day along with James - his best friend a...
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  • He Went With Marco Polo
    Louise Andrews Kent
    Cathay is a long way from his home in Venice, but when 14-year-old gondolier, Tonio Tumba receives the chance of a lifetime, he doesn’t say no. Leaving behind his only possession, a shabby green gondola, Tonio eagerly joins Marco Polo on his adventure.As Tonio and the Polo family travel the dangerous silk road to modern-day China, they encounter many fascinating people and dang...
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  • He Went With Vasco Da Gama
    Louise Andrews Kent
    Shane O’Connor, an astrologer’s assistant in the year 1497, has the chance to travel with the great Vasco da Gama. Their quest? To discover a sailing route to India, a task many feel is impossible. When hearing of it one man exclaims:'Well, it seems all the fools are not yet dead! You are free to go and sail across seas of boiling pitch, to die of strange fevers, to be swallowe...
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  • He Went With Magellan
    Louise Andrews Kent
    Vasco Coelho, a 14-year-old royal page for the Portuguese King, travels to Spain with Magellan to request financing for an expedition into waters unknown. They are searching for a Western sea route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia - Islands overflowing with expensive spices, where there are fortunes to be made. When telling of Vasco joining him on the journey, Magellan says: '...
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  • He Went With Champlain
    Louise Andrews Kent
    Join Tom Lee, a 12-year-old orphan from France, as he sails with Champlain in the year 1604 to explore Eastern Canada. Learn how they set up a settlement in Port Royal, before harsh winters, fights and scurvy take such a toll on the settlers that they have no choice but to move on. When they settle in Quebec, Tom must learn from the Native American people in order to survive. D...
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  • He Went With Christopher Columbus
    Louise Andrews Kent
    Peter, 12, has just inherited the title of Lord Aubrey at the death of his father. When his jealous Uncle Diego devises a plot to make himself the next Lord Aubrey, Peter escapes and, under a false name, joins Christopher Columbus on his voyage across the sea. The sailors fear they will fall off the end of the world, but finally they discover the Caribbean Islands.While Peter i...
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  • He Went With John Paul Jones
    Louise Andrews Kent
    Nick Young, a 12-year-old American orphan, sails the Southern Seas with Captain James Cook. From Tahiti to Australia they sail, discovering peoples, animals and plants previously unknown to Europeans. Forced into service for the British Navy, Nick escapes and joins the Americans, serving under Captain John Paul Jones.John Paul Jones tells Nick and a friend: 'I see love of liber...
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  • He Went With Hannibal
    Louise Andrews Kent
    Brecon, 13, and already a tribal chief in Spain, must leave home and join Hannibal. Sent to Carthage, he learns to read and write, ride as one with his horse, and wrestle well enough to defeat a tough bully. With Hannibal he embarks on a dangerous and exhausting journey from New Carthage, across the Alps with an army of men and elephants, into the heart of Roman territory.Hanni...
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