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4) Henry Hudson
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English
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A biography of the English explorer and sea captain who explored three North American waterways later named for him--the Hudson River, Hudson Bay, and Hudson Strait.
10) Hernando de Soto
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English
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A biography of the wealthy Spanish explorer who became the first white man to cross the Mississippi.
14) Charles Babbage
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English
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Examines the life and contributions of the English mathematician and inventor, whose work with calculating machines caused him to be called the father of the modern computer.
18) Michael Faraday
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English
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A biography of the nineteenth-century English scientist who explored electricity and magnetism.
20) James Watt
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English
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A biography of the eighteenth-century Scottish inventor and engineer whose improved designs of the steam engine made its wide use possible.
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