Table of Contents

Great Explorers: Where and when 6

Polar

Race to the South Pole Robert Scott Roald Amundsen 8

Ocean

Voyage to New Worlds Christopher Columbus 14

Across the Sea of Darkness Vasco da Gama 18

Round-The-World Challenge Ferdinand Magellan 22

Into the Pacific Abel Tasman 26

Charting the South Seas James Cook 30

Land

An Asian Adventure Marco Polo 34

Gold Rush in Florida Hernando de Soto 38

Taming the Wild West Meriwether Lewis William Clark 42

Coast To Coast - Secret Africa David Livingstone 46

Surviving in the African Jungle Mary Kingsley 50

The Highest Mountain Edmund Hillary Tenzing Norgey 54

Alone On Top of the World Reinhold Messner 60

Desert

Adventures in the Desert Gertrude Bell 64

In Search of Ancient Kingdoms Wilfred Thesiger 68

Sky

Pioneer of the Skies Amelia Earhart 72

New Frontiers

The First into Space Yuri Gagarin 76

Setting Foot on the Moon Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin 80

To the Ocean Depths Jacgues-Yves Cousteau 84

Extreme Challenges Ranulph Fiennes 88

Extreme Earth 94

Index 95