Explorers
Subtitle: great tales of adventure and endurance
By: Royal Geographical Society ; [written by Alasdair Macleod]
Contributors: Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain); Smithsonian Institution
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: DK in association with the Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780756667375; 9781405346900
Subjects: Discoveries in geography; Exploration; Explorers; History
Description: A lavish visual survey of the world's greatest explorers, revealing who they were, where they went, and how their expeditions shaped the course of human history.
Notes: "Written by Alasdair Macleod"--T.p. verso. "Foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes"--Cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The early explorers. Expanding the ancient world ; Trade and diplomacy ; In search of new land ; Exploring the Buddhist world; title: Trade and discovery. Tales of Asia ; Exploring the Muslim world ; A route around Africa ; A new world to some; title: Conquest and colonization. Cruel conquistadors ; Northern alliances ; Sailing around the world ; Into the Pacific; title: Filling in the gaps. Mapping the land ; Into Africa ; Spreading the faith ; Understanding others; title: Reaching for extremes. Exploring for science ; To the ends of the earth ; Exploring the deep ; Into the solar system.