Into the unknown : how great explorers found their way by land, sea, and air / Stewart Ross ; illustrated by Stephen Biesty.
Ross, Stewart.; Biesty, Stephen, ill.
2011
G175 .R7 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Into the unknown : how great explorers found their way by land, sea, and air / Stewart Ross ; illustrated by Stephen Biesty.
Author Ross, Stewart.
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
ISBN 9780763649487
0763649481
Imprint Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.
Language English
Description 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.
Call Number G175 .R7 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 910.9
Summary Discover how the greatest explorers in history plunged into the unknown and boldly pieced together the picture of the world we have today. With the help of masterful cross sections, dramatic storytelling, and sidebars that highlight key concepts, places, and technology, readers explore fourteen historic journeys.
Added Author Biesty, Stephen, ill.
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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.

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