This title tells the history story of human activity underground, throughout history and around the world. It explores the many ways in which humans have explored, mined, dug through, and lived in the earth beneath their feet. The book is divided into three sections: caves, mines and tunnels and facts, dramatic stories and first-hand quotations allow the reader to discover links between contemporary and historical technological feats.

 

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 44 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Hachette Children's Group .