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Explorers

Amazing Tales of the World's Greatest Adventurers

Nellie Huang author Jessamy Hawke illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Published:5th Sep '19

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Join intrepid explorers on their enthralling - and varied - adventures around the world.

Live and see the world through the eyes of 50 of the world's greatest explorers and their trusty companions!

This book for kids is brimming with first-person accounts of gripping adventures in explorers' own words. Find exciting tales complemented by rare maps, specially commissioned photographs, and artworks that re-create history's greatest expeditions. Get ready to take a leap into the unknown...


An adventure book that will surely rival even the most thrilling adventure movies! You'll meet some of the most famous explorers and adventurers of all time in this exciting non-fiction storybook for children.

Great explorers have one thing in common - a desire to leap into the unknown, no matter the dangers it presents. This book will take you through Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation of the world 500 years ago to Barbara Hillary's treks to the North and South poles while in her seventies, and beyond. This knowledge book documents the stories of men and women who rewrote our understanding of the world and inspired us by pushing the boundaries of human capability.

A kid's educational book that looks at the towering achievements of more than 50 explorers from all walks of life in great detail. See sensational cross-sections revealing the amazing detail inside Spanish galleons, lost cities, and spaceships. Magnificent photographs highlight the artefacts and relics they found along the way, while hand-drawn maps reveal their intrepid journeys in such detail, you feel as though you could be walking in their very footsteps.

It is a glorious introduction to history's most famous trail blazers - people whose courage opened frontiers, turned voids into maps, forged nations, connected cultures, and added to humankind's knowledge of the world by leaps and bounds. Packed with jaw-dropping fun facts about the world and written so beautifully it will get your heart racing. Explorers is the perfect kid's book for any young mind with an avid sense of adventure!

Explore Unknown Waters - Take To The Skies - Investigate Our Planet!

For centuries, explorers have been unable to resist the secrets of the sea. We have looked toward the skies and stars since the beginning of time. Through dense jungles, dry desserts, and frozen mountains we have...

Set out on an adventure with this fascinating book about some of the world's most amazing explorers [...] Stunning illustrations. * The Week Junior *
Full of amazing stories and incredible cross-sections. * The Week Junior Science and Nature *

ISBN: 9780241343784

Dimensions: 288mm x 236mm x 19mm

Weight: 969g

144 pages