Be an eyewitness to the daring and danger-filled adventures of explorers who risked all to set out across oceans, ice, and even into space.

Early explorers

Egyptian expeditions

Imperial expansion

Viking voyages

Polynesian settlers

The Silk Road

Arab adventurers

The Age of Exploration

The New World

Around the world

Life at sea

Tricks of the trade

Gold and the gospel

The Great South Sea

The Endeavour

Across Australia

The Northwest Passage

North America tamed

The Dark Continent

Naturalist explorers

The North Pole

The South Pole

Pioneers of the air

Into outer space

Exploring the deep

Exploration routes

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Timeline of exploration

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Glossary

Index