Biography of the eighteenth-century British explorer and navigator who is famous for his three great voyages of exploration in the South Pacific Ocean, as well as for his attempt to find a Northwest passage across the North American continent.
A biography of Sir John Franklin who went on three expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage and disappeared on the third. Describes his role in mapping and exploring the Arctic.
In 1850 Heinrich Barth joined a small British expedition into unexplored regions of Islamic North and Central Africa. One by one his companions died and Barth alone eventually reached Timbuktu. His five and a half year 10,000 mile journey ranks among the greatest journeys in exploration and his discoveries are considered indispensible by modern scholars of Africa.
The discovery in 1669 of a journal recording Henry Hudson's tragic search for a passage to Cathay over fifty years earlier, forces Robert Bylot, a once-great maritime explorer, to recall his experiences as part of that expedition--memories he would prefer to forget.
Tells the life story of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, examining his goals and motivations, chronicling his race against Roald Amundsen to the South Pole, and describing his death on the return trip.
Chronicles the life, adventures, and accomplishments of fifteenth-century explorer John Cabot, describing his ships, tools, and supplies and his arrival in North America.
how explorers and colonists such as Sir Walter Raleigh, John Smith, and Miles Standish helped establish England's presence in the New World
Harvey, Dan
2003
Chronicles the English attempts to settle in North America during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including the failed colony on Roanoke Island and the more successful Jamestown settlement.
