discoveries in geography

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

Describes da Gama's expeditions to the Cape of Good Hope, the East Indies, and Calicut.

An account of the voyages to various countries made by the Scandinavian traders, merchants, and settlers during the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries.

Text and photographic illustrations describe the explorations of Ferdinand Magellan and Vasco da Gama in the sixteenth century which led to the establishment of Spanish and Portuguese empires around the world.

Studies some of the great explorers throughout history including Christopher Columbus and Marco Polo, Alexander the Great, Chuck Yeager, Barbara Washburn, Amelia Earhart, and many more.

An illustrated biography of Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese explorer who opened the sea route between Europe and India in the late fifteenth century.

Introduction to the history of exploration from ancient times to the present.

Highlights various explorers and their discoveries.