ID | 016328 |
Call Number | 910.9/ROS |
Title Proper | Into the unknown |
Other Title Information | How great explorers found their way by land, sea,and air |
Language | ENG |
Author | Ross, Stewart ; Biesty, Stephen (ill.) |
Publication | Somerville, Candlewick Press, 2011. |
Description | 91p Pale green and white spine. With fantastic unfolding sections. |
Note | Acclaimed illustrator Stephen Biesty and popular children's history writer Stewart Ross explore some of the boldest, most daring expeditions of all time, using fold-out pages, cross-section drawings and dramatic storytelling. Twist through the waves of the stormy North Atlantic in a Viking knarr with Leif Ericsson or burst into the stratosphere in a balloon with Auguste Piccard, cross the deserts of the Silk Road in a caravan with Marco Polo or land on the moon in the Apollo 11 lunar module... |
Note | Fourteen amazing journeys 340 BC Pytheas the Greek sails to the Arctic Circle AD 1003 Leif Eriksson reaches the coast of America 1271-1274 Marco Polo rides the Silk Road to China 1405-1407 Admiral Zheng He crosses the Indian Ocean 1492 Christopher Columbus sails to the Caribbean 1519-1522 Ferdinand Magellan's fleet circumnavigates the world 1768*1771 Captain Cook maps the Pacific Ocean 1858-1864 David Livingstone explores the Zambezi River 1895 Mary Kingsley travels alone in West Africa 1928 Umberto Nobile flies over the North Pole 1932 Auguste Piccard ascends into the stratosphere 1960 Jacques Piccard dives to the Challenger Deep 1953 Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay climb Everest 1969 Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin land on the moon |
Standard Number | 9780763649487 |
Price. Qualification | $19.99(Hb) |
Classification Number | 910.9 |
Key Words | Explorers ; Explorers - History ; Scientific expeditions ; Discoveries in geography - History ; Scientific expeditions - History ; Global Perspectives - IGCSE |