The Great Explorers: And Their Journeys of Discovery

by Beau Riffenburgh

Chart the Golden Age of Exploration, from the Vikings and early Chinese travelers to the discovery of the Americas and the eventual circumnavigation of the globe. Covering professional explorers, botanists hunting for undiscovered plants, missionaries spreading Christianity, pioneering women, and the aristocratic and downright eccentric, this stunning volume recounts both familiar and unfamiliar voyages through beautiful maps and plans in the explorers'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0233005277
• ISBN13: 9780233005270
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Andre Deutsch
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.3" x 11.1"