journeys

Travel writer Bill Bryson chronicles the experiences he had and profiles the people and wildlife he encountered while traveling through Australia.

A photographic journey through the twenty-five states of India, with text that discusses the people, landscape, and varied culture of the country.

Reprints a series of reports and photographs that appeared in "National Geographic" magazine in the early twentieth century, in which explorer Hiram Bingham details his discovery of the legendary Inca city of Macchu Picchu.

Describes Marco Polo's journey from Venice to the palace of Kublai Khan in China. Includes activities.

Examines the life and career of eighteenth-century English navigator and mapmaker James Cook, focusing on his exploration of the South Pacific.

Describes the four voyages of Columbus to the New World and his activities there.

A sailor sets off with Christopher Columbus on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria to search for the New World. The reader can follow the ships' progress on small maps on each page, culminating in a large foldout map showing the complete voyage.

An illustrated biography of a nineteenth-century Canadian captain, who loved sailing and the sea.

Captain William Bligh recounts his experiences in 1789 when his ship "Bounty" was taken over in a mutiny and he and a crew of eighteen men were set adrift in an open boat in the southern Pacific Ocean.