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Publisher
A&E Television Network
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
After Columbus discovered America came the men to make a conquest. From all corners of the world, explorers reached the shores of the New World to reap untold riches, seek new routes to the Far East, and gain the most elusive glory of all - a place in history. A sweeping saga of bravery, cruelty and pure folly, these are the stories of adventurers who stopped at nothing to conquer an unknown land and its peoples. Led by legendary cities of gold and...
4) Prometheus
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Explorers have discovered a clue that brings them to the origins of mankind on Earth. This leads them on a journey that takes them to the darkest corners of the universe.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
[English, French, Spanish version].
Language
English
Description
Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, nothing could prepare Dora for her biggest challenge yet: High School. When her parents mysteriously disappear while searching for the Lost City of Gold, Dora must swing into action and lead a group of ill-equipped high schoolers on a quest to save them. It is a high stakes mission as Dora and her new friends navigate the jungle, outrun treasure hunters and solve ancient puzzles...
Publisher
Sebastian Copeland Productions
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"The film follows noted environmental advocate, photographer and polar traveler Sebastian Copeland through his intensive training before embarking on the two-month, 400+ mile trip on foot across the frozen ice cap with his partner Keith Heger. From personal reflections to last minute preparations, the story shifts when the two men are dropped onto the ice, faced with temperatures in excess of -50F degrees, alone for milions of square miles, and armed...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Super silly fiesta!: Big Red Chicken loses his cake, Dora and Boots need your help to save the fiesta. Boots' special day: Help Boots do everything he loves, like read a book and see animals at a shelter. Stuck truck: When Ice Cream Truck gets stuck in the muck, Boots and Dora lead a rescue mission. The big potato: When Benny the Bull finds a magic wand he accidentally turns himself into a potato. Program promotes Spanish language skills, auditory/listening...
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Did a number of explorers discover the New World long before Christopher Columbus staked his claim in 1492? Explore the possibility that the Chinese, Japanese, Polynesians, Norse, Welsh, Irish, Ancient Hebrews, and the Solutreans all made it to the Americas earlier than Columbus. Rebuild the ships, trace the routes, test the artifacts, and analyze blood evidence to finally learn the answer to one of the greatest mysteries of all time: who really discovered...
11) Long way North
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Sacha, a young girl from the Russian aristocracy, dreams of the Great North and anguishes over the fate of her grandfather, Oloukine, a renowned scientist and Arctic explorer who has yet to return from his latest expedition to conquer the North Pole. Sacha has always been fascinated by the adventurous life of her grandfather and has the same calling to be an explorer. Sacha flees her home and launches an adventure-filled quest toward the Great North...
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the twentieth century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region.
13) Monkey business
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Duck soup": To rescue the small country of Freedonia from bankruptcy, Mrs Teasdale agrees to donate 20 million dollars if Rufus T. Firefly is appointed its new president. "Horse feathers": Professor Quincy Wagstaff has just been installed as the new president of Huxley College. "Monkey business": While stowing away on a ship to America, the boys get involuntarily pressed into service as toughs for a pair of feuding gangsters. "Animal crackers": Captain...
Publisher
History
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The iconic figures who explored and fought to claim the country's vast wilderness during its early, volatile years, from the American Revolution through the California Gold Rush. Where Daniel Boone, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, John Fremont, Davy Crockett and Andrew Jackson set forth across uncharted land with determination and self-reliance."--
Publisher
Beecher Films
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Language
English
Description
In January 1931 a young LA artist hitch-hiked to Arizona, bought a burro and walked into the vast canyon country of the Southwest, alone. Three years and a thousand miles later, Everett Ruess mysteriously vanished. His final message to the world was strange : the word NEMO (no one) scratched on a redrock wall.
18) Tracks
Publisher
Starz Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
It tells the remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson, a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert. Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan who begins to photograph her voyage.
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
After noted explorer Edward Dennison vanishes, a search party led by anthropologist Jonathan Brock embarks on a mission to find him. Retracing Dennison's last known tracks through a secret passage in Alaska--a gateway to the very center of the Earth--the team discovers an underworld tribe of primitive warriors and prehistoric dangers previously unknown to civilization.
20) Its a Miracle
Publisher
Prime
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Daisy, la quinceañera": Dora needs to bring the special crown and shoes to her cousin Daisy's 15th birthday party. "The big piñata": Step right up to the Carnival with Dora and Boots and help them win the Big Piñata by collecting ten yellow tickets. "Surprise!": Dora is throwing a surprise birthday party for Boots. "The fix-it machine": There's a hole in Boots's boot, Tico's tire, Benny's boat, even the Grumpy Old Troll's pants, the fix-it machine...
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