exploration

Describes the events leading up to the Apollo 11 flight that put the first man on the moon and the technological advances that made this and later flights possible.

A biography which covers the life and professional work of the man whose numerous missions to study the ocean floor led to the discovery of the wreck of the Titanic.

Discusses the decisions faced by such explorers as Christopher Columbus, James Cook, Samuel de Champlain, and Robert Scott, offers options these men needed to consider, and analyzes the courses of action they chose.

Presents eight adventurous episodes that took place in British Guyana, Saudi Arabia, the Arctic, and other parts of the world.

Captures the life and times of Orville and Wilbur Wright, two brothers whose interest in aviation prompted them to build the world's first power-driven airplane.

Traces the life of the pilot who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.

A biography of the first man on the moon, covering his youth, his career as an astronaut, and his life after NASA.

Uses a newspaper format to present the adventures and accomplishments of such explorers as Columbus, Cortes, and Cook.

Surveys the history of New World explorations from the Viking age to the eighteenth century, including the latest views on pre-Columbian explorations.