Explorers Who Found New Worlds Book

Describes the journeys of twenty explorers who opened up new worlds, from Marco Polo to Roald Amundsen. Marco Polo -- Christopher Columbus -- Vasco da Gama -- Vasco Nunez de Balboa -- Ferdinand Magellan -- Francisco Vasquez de Coronado -- Jacques Cartier -- Henry Hudson -- Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette -- Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle -- Vitus Bering -- James Cook -- Alexander Mackenzie -- Meriwether Lewis and William Clark -- David Livingstone -- Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke -- John McDouall Stuart -- Sven Hedin -- Robert Peary -- Roald Amundsen