In this text, readers will become familiar with the lives and journeys of the early explorers Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Genghis Khan, who sought to establish vast empires, as well as enterprising merchants such as Marco Polo.

Phoenicians -- Lapita people -- The Celts -- Hatshepsut -- Necho II -- Scylax of Caryanda -- Herodotus -- Hanno -- Alexander the Great -- Nearchus -- Pytheas -- Zhang Qian -- Julius Caesar -- Faxian -- Saint Brendan -- Xuanzang -- Eldad the Danite -- Al-Mas'udi -- Al-Hamdani -- Erik the Red -- Lief Eriksson the Lucky -- Thorfinn Karlsefni -- Al-Sharif al-Idrisi -- Benjamin of Tudela -- Madog Ab Owain Gynedd -- Genghis Khan -- Giovanni Da Pian Del Carpini -- Willem Van Ruysbroeck -- Giovanni da Montecorvino -- Marco Polo -- Odoric of Pordenone -- Ibn Battutah.