Explorers are daring travellers in unknown lands. They face danger even death on their journeys. They come back as heroes - sometimes laden with treasure. But all explorers return with something more valuable than gold. They bring back knowledge exotic tales of far-off places and most important of all directions on how to find those places again. This book tells the fascinating story of exploration. You can follow explorers' journeys by sea river land and ice. You'll learn how they climbed the world's highest peaks how they dived to the ocean's depths and how they soared high into space. You'll also find out why they did it.

 

This book is part of a book series called Dk Mega Bites .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .

The Unknown Adventurer is still believed to be at large in the wild.