"Find out about the most intrepid adventurers of history with lively text and 240 pictures." -- ONIX annotation.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Egyptians, Phoenicians and Greeks -- Europe and Asia -- The Vikings -- The Polynesians -- Crossing the deserts -- The Chinese empire -- Wayfarers in Europe -- The Portuguese -- Christopher Columbus -- Conquering the New World -- Around the world -- Into Canada -- The North-West Passage -- The North-East Passage -- Exploring Asia -- Advancing into America -- Across the Pacific -- Captain Cook -- Trekking across Australia -- The Amazon -- Deep inside Africa -- Livingstone and Stanley -- The North Pole -- Race to the South Pole -- Seas, summits and skies -- Blasting into space.