Tells the stories of the men and women 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: Delia Akeley -- Alexander the Great -- Roald Amundsen -- Antonio de Andrade -- Apollp -- Neil Armstrong -- Vladimir Atlasov -- Samuel White Baker and Florence Baker -- Joseph Banks -- Pedro Joao Baptista and Amaro Jose -- Aleksandr Baranov -- Rabban Bar Sauma -- Heinrich Barth -- Abu Abdallah Ibn Battutah -- Jim Beckwourth -- Gertrude Bell -- Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen -- Benjamin of Tudela -- Hiram Bingham -- Isabella Bird -- Anne Blunt and Wilfrid Scawen Blunt -- Sidi Mubarak Bombay -- Daniel Boone -- Louis-Antoine de Bougainville -- Louise Arner Boyd -- Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza -- Hermenegildo de Brito Capelo and Roberto Ivens -- Etienne Brule -- Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills -- Richard Burton -- Richard Evelyn Byrd -- Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca -- John Cabot -- Sebastian Cabot -- Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho -- Rene Caillie -- Giovanni da Pian del Carpini -- Philip Carteret and Samuel Wallis -- and Jacques Cartier.