discoveries in geography

Brief biographies emphasizing the voyages and discoveries of various explorers of the ancient world including Hanno of Carthage, Nehsi of Egypt, Pytheas of Greece, and Alexander the Great.

A survey of exploration and discovery from the accomplishments of ancient explorers to the present-day excursions into space, underwater, and beneath the earth.

An introductory survey of the discoveries made by sixteenth-century explorers such as Vasco da Gama, Cabot, Magellan, and Vespucci.

Discusses Portuguese voyages of discovery and exploration around Africa and Asia in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Text and accompanying photographs examine the history of human exploration, from the ancient Egyptians to today's astronauts.

Contains more than 180 alphabetized entries on explorers and related topics such as anthropology, mapmaking, ships, and spacecraft, and features photos, illustrations, and sidebars.

Discusses different explorers over history and their discoveries.

Profiles 107 world explorers, from 500 B.C. when Carthaginian explorer Hanno colonized West Africa, to such present-day adventurers as astronaut Neil Armstrong and ocean explorer Sylvia Earle.

A collection of children's poems about explorers and exotic localities.

Discusses Henry Hudson's four voyages of exploration in search of a passage between Europe and the Far East.