exploration

Provides an overview of explorers and exploration, from the earliest known travel to modern-day investigations of mountain peaks and ocean depths.

Examines the successes and failures of some of the pioneering mariners who set out from Spain and Portugal beginning in the mid-fifteenth century to establish trade routes and explore new worlds.

Six Ballard projects are featured in a 3-dimensional pop-up book format.

Introduces the travels and discoveries of some famous explorers who crossed deserts, sailed seas, scaled mountains, and flew uncharted skies.

Examines the motivations of early explorers, and looks at how the development of navigational tools enabled their expeditions on land and sea.

A biography of Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama, describes how he replaced his deceased father on a mission to India and became the first to find a direct route to Asia via the Cap of Good Hope.

A collection of true stories by various authors about exploration and discovery from every part of the world.

As the Age of Exploration came to a close, the world seemed to be a significantly smaller place than it once was, with more major landmasses identified on the global map. Armed with greater knowledge and better equipment than their predecessors, explorers in the late Renaissance and Enlightenment eras took up the reins.