Tells the stories of the men, women, and machines who have ventured forth to discover remote lands and to increase human knowledge of the world and the universe.
General Note
Col. map on endpapers.
Content Note
Content includes: H.M.S. Challenger -- Samuel de Champlain -- Chang Ch'ien -- Cheng Ho -- Medard Chouart des Groselliers and Pierre Esprit Radisson -- James Chuma -- Christopher Columbus -- James Cook -- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado -- Hernan Cortes -- Jacques Cousteau -- Pero da Covilha -- Charles Darwin -- Alexandra David-Neel -- Bartolomeu Dias -- Francis Drake -- Paul Du Chaillu -- Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont d'Urville -- Amelia Earhart -- Lincoln Ellsworth -- Erik the Red -- Estevanico -- Explorer 1 -- Edward John Eyre -- Matther Flinders -- John Franklin -- John Charles Fremont -- Vivian Fuchs -- Yury Gagarin -- Aelius Gallus -- Vasco da Gama -- Francis Garnier -- John Glenn -- Glomar Challenger -- Isabel Godin des Odonais -- Abu al-Kasim Ibn Ali al-Nasibi Ibn Hawkal -- Sven Hedin -- Henry the Navigator -- Matthew A. Henson -- and Herodotus.