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The Explorers Series

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Catalogue Number:  A173-001
Producer:  Productions Grand Angle
Producers:  Productions Grand Angle
Subject:  Canadian World Studies, Documentary, History, Social Sciences, Social Studies, World History
Language:  English
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin:  France
Copyright Year:  2008
Running Time:  65:00


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The Explorers presents 5 illustrious adventurers who were instrumental in mapping the Americas and the Pacific between the 15th and 18th centuries. Through the use of 3-D animation, archival images, maps and dramatizations, we learn how these explorers opened the new world to Europe.

Exploers:

1. Amerigo Vespucci
2. Magellan
3. Bougainville
4. La Pérouse
5. James Cook

Also available in French: Les Grands Explorateurs




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