From the Book - First U.S. edition.
Fourteen amazing journeys: 340 BC Pytheas the Greek sails to the Arctic Circle
AD 1003 Leif Eriksson reaches the coast of America
1271-1274 Marco Polo rides the Silk Road to China
1405-1407 Admiral Zheng He crosses the Indian Ocean
1492 Christopher Columbus sails to the Caribbean
1519-1522 Ferdinand Magellan's fleet circumnavigates the world
1768-1771 Captain Cook maps the Pacific Ocean
1858-1864 David Livingstone explores the Zambezi River
1895 Mary Kingsley travels alone in West Africa
1928 Umberto Nobile flies over the North Pole
1932 Auguste Piccard ascends into the stratosphere
1960 Jacques Piccard dives to the Challenger Deep
1953 Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay climb Everest
1969 Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin land on the moon.
From the Book - First U.S. paperback edition.
To the frozen North. Pytheas the Greek sails to Ultima Thule, around 340 BC
The mystery of Vinland. Leif Eriksson reaches the coast of America, AD 1003
Riding the silk road. Marco Polo's adventures in Asia, 1271-1274
From China to India. Zheng He's treasure fleet crosses the Western sea, 1405-1407
Right around the world. Searching for spice with Christopher Columbus & Ferdinand Magellan, 1492-1522
A Southern continent? James Cook maps the Pacific Ocean, 1768-1771
Inside Africa. Steaming upriver with David Livingstone, 1858-1864, and Mary Kingsley, 1895
Over the North Pole. Umberto Nobile flies across the Arctic, 1928
Above and below. The Piccards soar to the stratosphere and plunge to the Mariana Trench, 1932-1960
On the roof of the world. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary scale Mount Everest, 1953
Man on the moon. Apollo 11 rockets into space, 1969
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