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

"A survey of the history and future of human exploration, replete with fun facts about the results of cultural exchanges and the discovery of new frontiers"--

Concise and interesting accounts of the men and women who have explored our world--and beyond.

"A mind-bending speculative thriller in which the sudden appearance of a mountain in the middle of the Pacific Ocean leads a group of scientists to a series of jaw-dropping revelations that challenge the notion of what it means to be human. An enormous snow-covered mountain has appeared in the Pacific Ocean. No one knows when exactly it showed up, precisely how big it might be, or how to explain its existence. When Harold Tunmore, a scientist of mysterious...

Interesting topics include:Books and printing in the age of ColumbusThe Inca EmpireThe horse in North AmericaThe legend of El DoradoThe Nootka ConventionThe Pueblo RevoltThe role of California missions.

Interesting topics include:African Americans in the western fur tradeThe artist as predator :

Interesting topics include:Art of the Pacific peoplesCartographyEarly Pacific navigationMutinyRobinson CrusoeThe spice tradeWhalingWomen, slaves, and colonists.

When one thinks of the explorers of space, one often considers the astronauts who piloted their craft to the Moon in the 1960s and other astronauts and cosmonauts who followed to staff the space shuttles and space stations.

"Tells the story of humanity's explorations, taking the reader into the lives of some of the most intrepid people ever known. Focusing on 50 of the world's greatest explorers, with shorter entries on 60 of their helpers and companions, the book is filled with first-person accounts in the explorers' own words, rare maps, specially commissioned photographs, and artworks [to] re-create history's greatest expeditions"--Publisher marketing.

In a highly attractive examination of the Romans, Greeks, Phoenicians, and other ancient peoples, Exploration in the World of the Ancients sets the stage for the first explorers by defining the geographic areas of the earth and