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: Bob Bartlett, Biosphere, Nellie Bly, James Bruce, Jean-Louis Burckhardt, Gaspar Corte-Real and Miguel Corte-Real, Sylvia Earle, Dian Fossey, Simon Fraser, Johann Gruber, Hari Ram, Marguerite Baker Harrison, Hatshepsut, Louis Hennepin, Daniel Houghton, I-Ching, Jordanus of Severac, Kathleen M. Kenyon, Yerofey Pavlovich Khabarov, Christa McAuliffe, S.S. Meteor, Muhammed ibn-Ahmad al-Muqaddasi, Jose Celestino Mutis, Jean Nicollet, Candido Rondon, Sacagawea, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Willem Corneliszoon Schouten, Freya Stark, and Andres de Urdaneta.