Bibliograph

Explore, the most dangerous journeys of all time, Deborah Kespert

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Explore, the most dangerous journeys of all time, Deborah Kespert

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Explore

Oclc number

820779544

Responsibility statement

Deborah Kespert

Sub title

the most dangerous journeys of all time

Summary

Describes dangerous journeys made by explorers and adventurers and some of the tricks that help one survive in extreme environments

Table Of Contents

Great explorers: where and when -- Race to the South Pole: Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen -- Voyage to new worlds: Christopher Columbus -- Across the sea of darkness: Vasco da Gama -- Round-the-world challenge: Ferdinand Magellan -- Into the Pacific: Abel Tasman -- Charting the South Seas: James Cook -- An Asian adventure: Marco Polo -- Gold rush in Florida: Hernando de Soto -- Taming the wild west: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark -- Coast to coast -- Secret Africa: David Livingstone -- Surviving in the African jungle: Mary Kingsley -- The highest mountain: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay -- Alone on top of the world: Reinhold Messner -- Adventures in the desert: Gertrude Bell -- In search of ancient kingdoms: Wilfred Thesiger -- Pioneer of the skies: Amelia Earhart -- The first into space: Yuri Gargarin -- Setting foot on the moon: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin -- To the ocean depths: Jacques-Yves Cousteau -- Extreme challenges: Ranulph Fiennes -- Extreme Earth

Target audience

juvenile

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