Follows a young film producer as she travels across Europe in search of information about the people, places, and thinking behind Renaissance developments, looking at how the development of new trade routes and navigational tools enlarged the world and affected the economy.
discoveries, disasters (and what the neighbors thought)
Krull, Kathleen
2014
This volume of biographies of explorers takes readers through the centuries and across the globe, profiling the men and women whose curiosity and courage have led them to discover our world.
The individuals who set out on behalf of the countries they represented came from a variety of backgrounds, and included master navigators such as Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan the latter of whom was the first to circle the globe as well as the often ruthless conquistadors of the New World such as Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes.
Profiles the lives and achievements of seven early explorers including Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and Vasco da Gama. Includes a glossary.
Presents ten stories of adventure and exploration, discussing the lives of the men associated with them, including Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Captain Cook, and others.
Anthony Piers, a member of the New British South Polar Expedition, discovers the truth of what happened to Sir Eugene Stewart's expedition over sixty years before.
