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[92] p. : col. ill., maps
Contents: Pytheas the Greek sails to the Arctic Circle -- Leif Eriksson reaches the coast of America -- Marco Polo rides the Silk Road to China -- Admiral Zheng He crosses the Indian Ocean -- Christopher Columbus sails to the Caribbean -- Ferdinand Magellan's fleet circumnavigates the world -- Captain Cook maps the Pacific Ocean -- David Livingstone explores the Zambezi River -- Mary Kingsley travels alone in West Africa -- Umberto Nobile flies over the North Pole -- Auguste Piccard ascends into the stratosphere -- Jacques Piccard dives to the Challenger Deep -- Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay climb Everest -- Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin land on the Moon.
Includes lift the flap pages, cutaways, cross-sections and folded pages.