discoveries in geography

A photo-filled chronicle of great expeditions and exploits under the sea, on land, in the air, and into space; describes the exploits of such figures as Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Edmund Hillary, and Robert Falcon Scott.

Discusses the journeys and discoveries of ten explorers, including Columbus, Pizarro, Amundsen, Stanley, Kingsley, von Humboldt, and Cook.

An account of explorers and their journeys including those along the rivers of North America, across the deserts of Australia, and to the region around the South Pole.

Photographs and text examine the history of explorers and exploration, and highlight many of their discoveries.

Describes the great voyages of discovery and exploration undertaken for spices and discusses the history and uses of particular spices and herbs.

Details the life and expeditions of Ferdinand Magellan, describing his childhood, ocean voyages fraught with mutiny, tribal wars, and disease; and his leadership on the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe; and includes a chronology, a time line, and glossary.

Discusses exploring expeditions of the fifteenth century.