AMAZING EXPEDITIONS

Throughout history, adventurers have always wondered what lies beyond the next mountain, ocean, river, planet. Explorers head out to discover new lands, establish trade routes, seek treasure, make scientific discoveries, seize territory, or simply do something never done before. Key explorers from history in this book include Hanno the Navigator (Carthage/Tunisia), Xuangzang (China), Ibn Battuta (Morocco), Vasco de Gama (Portugal), Burke and Wills (Australia), David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley (Scotland/USA), Mary Kingsley (Britain), Thor Heyerdahl (Norway) and Neil Armstrong (USA).