Atlas of Great Journeys: The Story of Discovery in Amazing Maps

by Philip Steele, Christian Gralingen (Illustrator)

Overview

Download the free app to see each map come to life. View the map pages in the app and you'll be able to follow the explorers as they journey across the page, triggering pop-up facts and events at every stop on the way. It's a never-before-seen way to experience their adventures.

The Atlas of Great Journeys allows readers to follow in the footsteps of the most daring adventurers as they set out to explore the unknown. Fascinating original map illustrations show the world's greatest journeys, and lavishly illustrated fact pages tell the stories of each expedition - what dangers they faced, how long they travelled, and much more.

As well as amazing illustrated maps and stories, this book has a unique Augmented Reality component that magically brings these journeys to life. Use your tablet or phone on each map spread to trace the routes they took and read about every stage of their journeys.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783126026
Publisher:	Welbeck Children's
Publication date:	11/24/2020
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	10.30(w) x 13.60(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	IG1110L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Philip Steele is an acclaimed children’s author who has written many books, including The Incas and Macchu Picchu andI Wonder Why The Pyramids Were Built.

Christian Gralingen works as an Art Director and Illustrator in Berlin. He has a diploma in Communication Design from the UniversityDuisburg-Essen (Folkwang). His client list includes design agencies, publishing houses, magazines, academic institutions and foundations.

Table of Contents

• The Old World - Some of the bravest explorers forged routes from Europe to Asia, and from China to Africa. Read the stories of Marco Polo, Zheng He and Ibn Battutah. • Into Africa - Follow the routes of Hatshepsut, Heinrich Barth and David Livingstone across Africa. • Exploring Europe - Follow the voyages of the Ancient Phoenicians and St Paul of Tarsus, and explore the Grand Tour of Europe by William Beckford. • The Arctic Circle - Read about the incredible bravery and hardship of polar explorers Fridtjof Nansen, Robert Peary, and Wally Herbert. • Atlantic Crossings - The dangerous sea-voyages across the Atlantic by Leif Eriksson and Christopher Columbus, and the first air flight by Alcock and Brown. • The New World - How North and Central America were mapped and colonised by Hernando de Soto, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and Lewis and Clark with Sacagawea. • Central and South America - The voyages of exploration to the vast continent of South America by Alexander von Humboldt, Francisco De Orellana, and Charles Darwin. • Across Oceania - How Australia and New Zealand were explored by the Abel Tasman, Burke and Wills and James Cook. • Challenge of the Antarctic - How the South Pole was explored by Roald Amundsen, Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton. • Global Explorers - The men and women who travelled around the world, including Magellan, Sir Francis Drake by sea and Wiley Post by air.