exploration

Presents a brief biography of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, describing his fifteenth century voyages that furthered his nation's power by expanding trade routes to India.

A photo-filled chronicle of great expeditions and exploits under the sea, on land, in the air, and into space; describes the exploits of such figures as Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Edmund Hillary, and Robert Falcon Scott.

Discusses the journeys and discoveries of ten explorers, including Columbus, Pizarro, Amundsen, Stanley, Kingsley, von Humboldt, and Cook.

An account of explorers and their journeys including those along the rivers of North America, across the deserts of Australia, and to the region around the South Pole.

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

Contains a question and answer book for children ages five through eight that tells about explorers throughout history.