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  • The Age of Exploration: Totally Getting Lost (Epic Fails)

The Age of Exploration: Totally Getting Lost
(Epic Fails)

Author
Illustrator
Tim Foley
Publication Date
April 20, 2019
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
The Age of Exploration: Totally Getting Lost (Epic Fails)

Description

In the fourth installment of the Epic Fails series from authors Erik Slader and Ben Thompson and illustrator Tim Foley, The Age of Exploration: Totally Getting Lost introduces readers to an international cast of trailblazers and details every mutiny, wrong turn, and undiscovered city of gold.

Christopher Columbus is one of the most famous explorers of all time, but he was neither the first nor last adventurer to ever stumble upon a great discovery. From the Silk Road of Asia to the icy shores of Antarctica, our knowledge of the world today is in large part due to several intrepid pioneers, risking life and limb for the sake of exploration. After all, setting off into the dark unknown requires an enormous amount of bravery. But every explorer quickly learns that courage and curiosity aren't enough to save you if you can't read a map or trespass on somebody else's land!

Publication date
April 20, 2019
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781250150547
Lexile Measure
1180
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Series
Epic Fails
BISAC categories
JNF007020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
JNF028000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Humor | General
JNF025080 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Exploration & Discovery
Library of Congress categories
Discoveries in geography
Explorers
Ben Thompson

Ben Thompson is the author of a dozen books on various awesome historical subjects including the Guts & Glory series, and has appeared on television programs for the History Channel, Discovery, and the American Heroes Channel. He has written for Cracked, Fangoria, Soldier of Fortune, and The American Mustache Institute, currently owns four swords (if you count a letter opener shaped like Glamdring the Foe-Hammer), and can occasionally beat the Star Wars Trilogy arcade game with a single quarter.

Erik Slader is the creator of "Epik Fails of History" a blog (and podcast) about the most epic fails... of history. With Ben Thompson, Erik is the coauthor of the Epic Fails book series, including The Wright Brothers: Nose-Diving Into History and Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff.

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