description and travel

Presents an introduction to Mexico, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on its geography, history, climate, food, culture, and everyday life.

Investigates what it is like to live in Egypt, providing facts about the country's population, size, religion, language, and government, and discussing Egypt's history, landscape and climate, transportation, desert regions, cities, food and farming, sports, culture, and attractions.

Pictures and text trace the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition through the Louisiana Purchase to the Pacific Coast.

Letters and journal entries from a visit to Antarctica, the windiest, coldest, most forbidding region on earth.

A detailed account of the Lewis and Clark expedition features the dog that was its most unusual member. Selections form the actual journals of Lewis and Clark appear throughout the text.

Laurie Skreslet discusses how he overcame poor balance and a fear of heights to become an accomplished mountain climber.

Describes Marco Polo's travels through Asia, and discusses the people and cultures he encountered.

Gives an account of Marco Polo's travels to China during the Middle Ages.

Describes the final stages of the conquest of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkey.