Exploration and Discovery is part of the comprehensive Questions and Answers series. It asks questions such as who was Marco Polo?; why did the Vikings travel so far?; why did Colombus want to cross the Atlantic?; who sent Stanley to find Livingstone?; and what was the North-West passage?

 

This book is part of a book series called Questions And Answers .

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Pan Macmillan .

Philip Brooks has edited and written many books on historical and related subjects. His work has been translated into most European languages.

This book has the following chapters: 1-3 Prelims; 4-5 Ancient Empiries; 6-7 The Mysterious East; 8-9 Journeys of the Vikings; 10-11 The Islamic World; 12-13 Across Asia; 14-15 The African Coastline; 16-17 Atlantic Crossings; 18-19 The Longest Journey; 20-21 The South Seas; 22-23 Northern Passages; 24-25 Exploring North America; 26-27 Into Africa; 28-29 Amazon and Andes; 30-31 Crossing Australia; 32-33 The World's Coldest Places; 34-35 Underworlds; 36-37 Airborne Explorers; 38-39 Space Exploration; 40 Index