Explorers
By: Chris Oxlade
Series: Kingfisher readers, 5; Kingfisher readers
Publisher: Kingfisher
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780753471265; 9780753471272
Subjects: Discoveries in geography; Exploration; Explorers; Juvenile literature
Description: Presents the history of exploration, from explorers in ancient times to the discovery and exploration of Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa, Antarctica, and outer space.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Great explorers; title: New discoveries; title: Explorers in ancient times; title: Hsuan-tsang in India; title: Viking voyages; title: Marco Polo in China; title: Ibn Battutah; title: Columbus and the Americas; title: Cortes and Pizarro; title: First around the world; title: Cook in the Pacific; title: Lewis and Clark; title: The Northwest Passage; title: Mary Kingsley in Africa; title: Livingstone in Africa; title: Across Australia; title: Amundsen in the Antarctic; title: Scott and Shackleton; title: Norgay and Hillary; title: Armstrong on the Moon; title: Modern exploration.