This fun and educational children's book details the real-life adventures of the most courageous explorers of all time. Describing the intrepid journeys and discoveries of famous trailblazers from Christopher Columbus to Ranulph Fiennes, it is packedwith background details and survival tips, as well as photographs and illustrations of the daring expeditions. Explore! will appeal to children around the age of 9+ with an interest in history and a passion for the great outdoors.

 

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Thames & Hudson Ltd .

Deborah Kespert is the author of numerous children's books, including Explore! and, with David Baker, Space Academy.

This book has the following chapters: Polar: Scott and Amundsen * Ocean: Christopher Columbus; Vasco da Gama; Ferdinand Magellan; Abel Tasman; James Cook * Land: Marco Polo; David Livingstone; Hernando de Soto; Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; Richard Burton; Mary Kingsley; Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay * Desert: Gertrude Bell; Wilfred Thesiger * Sky: Amelia Earhart * New Frontiers: Yuri Gagarin; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin; Jacques Cousteau * Extreme Challenges: Ranulph Fiennes; Reinhold Messner