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Across Exploration & Discovery, Juvenile Nonfiction, Historical, and Biography & Autobiography — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Hernando de Soto by Ruth Manning.

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A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Christopher Columbus — Jane Bingham

Christopher Columbus

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Leif the Lucky — Ingri D’Aulaire

Leif the Lucky — Ingri D’Aulaire

Ingri d'Aulaire

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Captain Cook & His Exploration of the Pacific — Roger Morriss

Captain Cook & His Exploration of the Pacific

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Who Was Ferdinand Magellan? — S. A. Kramer

Who Was Ferdinand Magellan?

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Byrd & Igloo A Polar Adventure — Samantha Seiple

Byrd & Igloo A Polar Adventure

Samantha Seiple

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

York’s Adventures with Lewis and Clark An African-American’s Part in the Great Expedition — Rhoda Blumberg

York’s Adventures with Lewis and Clark An African-American’s Part in the Great Expedition

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Cuentos para niños que se atreven a ser diferentes / Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different — Ben Brooks

Cuentos para niños que se atreven a ser diferentes / Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Who Was Ernest Shackleton? — James Buckley, Jr.

Who Was Ernest Shackleton?

James Buckley, Jr.

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Three Ships for Columbus — Eve Spencer

Three Ships for Columbus

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Diary of Sallie Hester A Covered Wagon Girl — Sallie Hester

Diary of Sallie Hester A Covered Wagon Girl

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

I Escaped The Donner Party Pioneers on the Oregon Trail, 1846 — Scott Peters

I Escaped The Donner Party Pioneers on the Oregon Trail, 1846

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

The 10 Boldest Explorers — Stephanie Kim Gibson-Hardie

The 10 Boldest Explorers

Stephanie Kim Gibson-Hardie

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Christopher Columbus Great Explorer — David A. Adler

Christopher Columbus Great Explorer

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

The Boy on the Wooden Box How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler’s List — Leon Leyson

The Boy on the Wooden Box How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler’s List

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Mrs. Harkness and the Panda — Alicia Potter

Mrs. Harkness and the Panda

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Isabella of Castile — Shirin Yim Bridges

Isabella of Castile

Shirin Yim Bridges

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Little Naturalists: The Adventures of John Muir — Kate Coombs

Little Naturalists: The Adventures of John Muir

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

12 Awesome Women Explorers You’ve Never Heard Of — Lynn Schreiber

12 Awesome Women Explorers You’ve Never Heard Of

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Captain Cook and His Exploration of the Pacific — Barrons Educational Series

Captain Cook and His Exploration of the Pacific — Barrons Educational Series

Barron's Educational Series

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Explorers Amazing Tales of the World’s Greatest Adventurers — Nellie Huang

Explorers Amazing Tales of the World’s Greatest Adventurers

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Who Was Marco Polo? — Joan Holub

Who Was Marco Polo?

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

Ten of the Best Adventures on the Seas — David West

Ten of the Best Adventures on the Seas

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

John Smith A Foothold in the New World — Janet Benge

John Smith A Foothold in the New World

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

The Story of Christopher Columbus — Peter F. Copeland

The Story of Christopher Columbus

Peter F. Copeland

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Juvenile Nonfiction • Historical

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Hernando de Soto by Ruth Manning. Connected by Exploration & Discovery, Juvenile Nonfiction, Historical. Authors featured include Jane Bingham, Ingri d'Aulaire, Roger Morriss, S. A. Kramer, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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