Julesburg Public Library

Gappah's powerful novel of exploration and adventure in 19th-century Africa is the captivating story of the loyal men and women who carried explorer and missionary Dr. Livingstone's body, his papers, and maps, 1,500 miles across the continent of Africa, so his remains could be returned home to England and his work preserved there.

With the heart of an explorer and the passion of an evangelist, David Livingstone mapped vast, unexplored areas of Africa, sharing the gospel with whomever he encountered.

Four modern-day explorers travel 970 miles through African terrain using only a compass and basic maps, in an attempt to follow Henry Morton Stanley's perilous 1871 journey to find Dr. Stanley Livingstone.

A biography of the Scottish doctor and missionary who is also known for his explorations in Africa in the nineteenth century.

"The world was fascinated and concerned. Dr. David Livingstone's 1866 expedition to find the source of the Nile River in Africa was only supposed to last two years. But it had been almost six years since anyone had heard from the famous British explorer. That's when a young American newspaper reporter named Henry Morton Stanley decided to go on his own expedition to find Dr. Livingstone. Author Jim Gigliotti chronicles the lives of both of these men...

Risk Takers/History Makers: John Wesley Powell and his expedition faced starvation, dizzying cliffs, terrifying rapids, and even death to explore tthe Grand Canyon. Magellan's Lost Fleet: A modern-day group of explorers heads to Patagonia, Argentina in search of Magellan's ships.