After more than two thousand years of exploration across land and sea and into space, the human urge to explore is as strong as it ever was. Explorers and Exploration looks in detail at the many ways in which the human desire to discover the unknown has shaped people’s understanding of the larger world and their own place in it. From historical, geographical, and motivational perspectives, this resource profiles the many explorers who have broken new paths and shaped human history.

FEATURES OF THIS RESOURCE:

• 178 articles
• Full-color photographs, illustrations, and maps
• Chronologies
• Articles include:
  • Topic summary
  • Time line
  • Feature boxes
  • Cross-references
• Articles cover:
  • People
  • Places
  • Science and technology
  • Institutions
  • General topics relating to exploration
• Further readings and research
• Glossary

Covering all facets of exploration, this fact-filled reference focuses on the explorers, their expeditions, their discoveries, the means of exploration available to them, and the other men and women who came before or were inspired after. Readers accompany important explorers of twenty-three centuries as they travel across the world, under the sea, and into space and as their tools advance from chronometers to remote sensing devices.

This reference source, in bringing to life the deeds of the great explorers of the past, keeps the spirit of exploration alive for today’s students while providing valuable information in support of the social studies curriculum.