Seventy eight of the most important explorers and pioneers in world history.

Includes index.

Roald Amundsen, Neil Armstrong, Stephen Fuller Austin, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Robert Duane Ballard, Sir Joseph Banks, Vitus Jonassen Bering, Daniel Boone, Louis-Antione de Bougainville, James Bruce, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Richard E. Byrd, Alvar Nunex Cabeza de Vaca, John Cabot, Giovanni de Pain del Carpini, Kit Carson, Jacques Cartier, Thomas Cavendish, Samuel de Champlain, Cheng Ho, Jacqueline Cochran, Christopher Columbus, Captain James Cook, Francisco Vasquez de Coronaro, Hernan Cortes, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Pero da Covilha, William Dampier, John Davis, Bartholomeu Dias, Sir Francis Drake, Amelia Earhart, John C. Fremont, Sir Martin Frobisher, Vasco da Gama, Hanno, Prince Henry the Navigator, Thor Heyerdahl, Sir Edmund Hillary, Hsuang-tsang, Henry Hudson.