Explorers

Explorers by Philip Wilkinson is the beautifully illustrated story of the men who explored the wide and unknown world. From the Vikings who traveled the seas, to Marco Polo and his forays along the great Silk Road into China, to David Livingstone trekking along the African Nile, to Francis Drake who circled the globe in a wooden ship, to the Lewis and Clark expedition to the American West, to the mountain climbing expeditions of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, to the deep sea excursions of Jacque Costeau, Explorers chronicles some of the most important explorations of history. Highly recommended for both school and community library collections, Explorers is enhanced with sections explaining how explorers planned and prepared for their trips, the tools and equipment they used, and the mapping techniques they employed and which were used by the others who came after them.