This concise chronicle of the famous explorer's life centers on his boyhood in Genoa, Italy, his dreams of voyaging west and his final voyages.

An illustrated introduction to over sixty major explorers.

This sweeping biography is the story of early America--its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its destiny. Novelist Morgan transforms a mythic American hero--a legend in his own time--into a flesh-and-blood man, the man who was the largest spirit of his time. Hunter, explorer, settler, visionary, he was a trailblazer and a revolutionary--an American icon for more than two hundred years. Born in 1734, Boone served in the Virginia legislature, participated...

Provides an overview of explorers and exploration, from the earliest known travel to modern-day investigations of mountain peaks and ocean depths.

Action-packed biographies of some little-known women explorers whose perseverance and bravery were equal to any of their male counterparts.

Drawing on the amazing story of Shackleton and his polar exploration team's survival against all odds, author Dennis N. T. Perkins demonstrates the importance of a strong leader in times of adversity, uncertainty, and change. Part adventure tale and part leadership guide, Leading at the Edge uncovers what the legendary Antarctic adventure of Sir Ernest Shackleton, his ship Endurance, and his team of twenty-seven polar explorers can teach us about...

Describes how the discoveries made by the Europeans around the time of Columbus changed the world.

A biography of the Italian explorer who became famous for his travels in Asia.