voyages around the world

Text and illustrations survey Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the world in the sixteenth century, describing Magellan's life before the voyage, his ships and crew, mutiny early in the trip, explorations in South America, and Magellan's death, providing a glossary, lists of important dates and people, and selected further resources.

Describes the life of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, including his 1519-21 expedition around the world.

Follows the expeditions of Captain James Cook of the British navy, who explored and mapped more of the earth's surface than anyone else in history.

A brief account of Magellan's 1519-1522 voyage around the world, which proved beyond all doubt that the world was round.

An account of the historic adventures and achievements of the great British explorer and discoverer of Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific Ocean lands and peoples.

Jessica Watson spent 210 days at sea and traveled more than 22,000 nautical miles in a 33-foot boat, unassisted and solo, in her nonstop trip around the world. When the sixteen-year-old returned to Australia, where she still lives, on May 15, 2010, she became the youngest person to ever accomplish this feat. And she left behind forever the young girl she once was, afraid of everything with no self-confidence.

An introduction to the life of sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who found a passage for ships to sail west from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

In 1519, after the death of his parents, fourteen-year-old Mateo Mac?as becomes cabin boy to Ferdinand Magellan on a dangerous journey in search of a route to the fabled Spice Islands.

In nineteenth-century England, young Charles Darwin rejects the more traditional careers of physician and clergyman, choosing instead to embark on a dangerous five-year journey by ship to explore the natural world.

Provides an account of the news-making contest to be the first to travel from New York to Paris by automobile, a race launched from four countries in 1908,and includes photographs, illustrations, and profiles of competitors.