exploration

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

Text, maps, and mazes follow the journeys of ten explorers, including Leif Erikson, Marco Polo, Vasco da Gama, David Livingstone, and Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin.

The allure of far-off lands and the promise of untapped resources, prompted Renaissance explorers to journey into the unknown. Battling harsh seafaring conditions, disease, and unknown threats to their health and safety, the individuals profiled in this volume shaped the world map, setting the stage for future voyagers along the way.

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.