Explorers

by Paul Wilkinson

This fascinating book slips down the Silk Road with Marco Polo, joins David Livingstone in Africa trekking along the Nile, and braves the icy reaches of the polar regions.
The full gamut of exploration is covered from the pioneering, westward trailblazing of Lewis and Clark to deep-sea diving with Jacques Cousteau. Children will explore mapping techniques and discover how past explorers have made their mark. Whether it's a simple survey of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753454521
• ISBN13: 9780753454527
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Length: 63 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.5" x 12.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Highly recommended for both school and community libraries

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.