Originally published : Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008 "Discovering the world."
Contents:
Why explore? First explorers Ancient explorers Africa: Overview Mungo park Rene-August Callie Burton and Speke Livingstone and Stanley Mary Kingsley Asia: Overview Marco polo IBN Battuta Zheng He Vasco da Gama Nikolai Przewalski Isabella Bird Oceania: Overview James Cook Matthew Flinders Ludwig Leichhardt Burke and Wills North America: Overview Leif Ericsson Christopher Columbus Jacques Cartier Samuel de Champlain Daniel Boone Lewis and Clark Central and South America: Overview Hernan Cortes Francisco Pizarro Francisco de Orellana Alexander von Humboldt Polar regions: Overview Vitus Bering John Franklin Peary and Henson Scott and Amundsen Douglas Mawson Ernest Shackleton Across the world: Overview Ferdinand Magellan Future frontiers: Ocean Space North American explorers Glossary Further reading Index Acknowledgements
