voyages around the world

Uses excerpts from the journal of a twenty-five-year-old American sailor to chronicle the final voyage of Captain James Cook in 1776.

Photographs, illustrations, and text profile ten significant natural history expeditions and their discoveries.

Phileas Fogg, an Englishman, undertakes a hasty world tour as the result of a bet made at his London club.

In 1872 Phileas Fogg wins a bet by traveling around the world in seventy-nine days, twenty-three hours, and fifty-seven minutes.

Presents a brief biography of sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who led the first voyage around the globe.

Provides information about the life and accomplishments of eighteenth-century English explorer James Cook, discussing his contributions to geography, his work to improve the treatment of sailors, and his discovery of lands for Britain.

Text and illustrations survey Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the world in the sixteenth century, describing Magellan's life before the voyage, his ships and crew, mutiny early in the trip, explorations in South America, and Magellan's death, providing a glossary, lists of important dates and people, and selected further resources.

Describes the life of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, including his 1519-21 expedition around the world.

Follows the expeditions of Captain James Cook of the British navy, who explored and mapped more of the earth's surface than anyone else in history.