"Throughout history, explorers have bravely ventured out into the unknown to discover new lands, seek treasure, make scientific discoveries, or simply achieve something that's never been done before. [This book takes] readers on a ... voyage over land, sea, sky, and space"--Publisher marketing.

Hanno the navigator -- Xuanzang -- Marco Polo -- Ibn Battuta -- Zheng He -- Christopher Columbus -- Vasco da Gama -- Ferdinard Magellan -- Hernn Cortés -- James Cook -- Meriwether Lewis and William Clark -- David Livingstone -- Mary Kingsley -- Robert Peary -- Road Amundsen -- Ernest Shackleton -- Amelia Earhart -- Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary -- Neil Armstrong -- Ellen MacArthur.