exploration

A biography of the Portuguese explorer who opened up the lands to the east of Europe by discovering a waterway to India.

News reports of the Vikings sail to America; the ancient Polynesians finding tiny islands.

Photographs and text examine the history of explorers and exploration, and highlight many of their discoveries.

Examines the history and effects of the age of exploration and how those events changed the world.

Text and photographic illustrations describe the explorations of Ferdinand Magellan and Vasco da Gama in the sixteenth century which led to the establishment of Spanish and Portuguese empires around the world.

Highlights various explorers and their discoveries.