Great explorers
By: written by Stewart Ross ; illustrated by Stephen Biesty
Contributors: Biesty, Stephen, illustrator
Publisher: Walker Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
ISBN-13: 9781406348668
Subjects: Explorers; Juvenile literature; History; Discoveries in geography; Scientific expeditions
Work titles: Into the unknown
Description: "From Pytheas the Greek, who sailed to the Arctic Circle without a compass, to Neil Armstrong landing on the moon - here are 14 extraordinary journeys by land, sea and air - each remarkable for the way it was made, for the technology behind it, and for the inspiration it gave to future generations"--Back cover.
Notes: "With fantastic unfolding cross-sections!"

Includes 11 fold-out pages.

Originally published: as Into the unknown. 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: To the frozen North : Pytheas the Greek sails to Ultima Thule, around 340 BC; title: The mystery of Vinland : Leif Eriksson reaches the coast of America, AD 1003; title: Riding the silk road : Marco Polo's adventures in Asia, 1271-74; title: Zheng He's treasure fleet crosses the Western Sea, 1405-07; title: Right around the world : searching for spice with Christopher Columbus & Ferdinand Magellan, 1492-1522; title: A southern continent? Captain Cook maps the Pacific Ocean, 1768-71; title: Inside Africa : steaming upriver with David Livingstone, 1858-64, and Mary Kingsley, 1895; title: Over the North Pole: Umberto Nobile flies across the Arctic, 1928; title: Above and below : the Piccards soar to the stratosphere and plunge to the Mariana Trenc, 1932-60; title: On the roof of the world : Tenzing Norgan and Edmund Hillary scale Mount Everest, 1953; title: Man on the moon : Apollo 11 rockets into space, 1969.