Explorers: Amazing Tales of the World's Greatest Adventures
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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 artifacts 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 trailblazers - 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 pushed the very limits of human endurance in the name of exploration and adventure! These tales are not for the faint of heart - these adventurers faced challenges that threatened their very survival! Their courage has allowed us to collect a wealth of knowledge about our awe-inspiring universe. Set sail to faraway frozen lands, defy gravity and take to the skies, and investigate our planet through the stories of those who came before us. Happy exploring! Learn about the explorers who defied the so-called possibilities of their time in: - Sea & Ice - Air & Space - And Land Review: Homeschool Win! - We are covid homeschoolers and this book has been the biggest hit for our history/geography studies. Love that there is a wide range of explorers to learn about. Some new ones for me too. I see the top bad review is because of the diverse (therefore liberal?) slant. I think that is one of the top reasons we've loved it. My daughter is more engaged and loves to choose one of the many women explorers to read about. It has brought up a lot of interesting discussions regarding women's and POC role in history. For example, did you know a black man was part of the crew that was the first to reach the North Pole? That isn't obscure history, that's erased history. Why not bring that truth to light? Five stars, excellent book, keep them coming. Review: LOVE - The way this book is put together is perfect. It has very engaging photos and lots of different information about each explorer.
| Best Sellers Rank | #157,943 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #84 in Children's Exploration Books #251 in Children's Historical Biographies (Books) #572 in Children's Earth Sciences Books (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 314 Reviews |
M**R
Homeschool Win!
We are covid homeschoolers and this book has been the biggest hit for our history/geography studies. Love that there is a wide range of explorers to learn about. Some new ones for me too. I see the top bad review is because of the diverse (therefore liberal?) slant. I think that is one of the top reasons we've loved it. My daughter is more engaged and loves to choose one of the many women explorers to read about. It has brought up a lot of interesting discussions regarding women's and POC role in history. For example, did you know a black man was part of the crew that was the first to reach the North Pole? That isn't obscure history, that's erased history. Why not bring that truth to light? Five stars, excellent book, keep them coming.
S**P
LOVE
The way this book is put together is perfect. It has very engaging photos and lots of different information about each explorer.
A**A
Really like it!
My kids are going to love it and it will be a great book to add to our history collection.
D**I
Well Done!
Thank-you, Well Done!
B**E
another strong DK book
Explorers: Amazing Tales of the World’s Greatest Adventures by Nellie Huang does just what its title says—traces the chronological journeys of 50+ explorer/adventurers, a nicely diverse lot in terms of region and gender from the Norse Lief Erikson to the Chinese Zheng He to the French woman Jeanne Baret who disguised herself as a man to go aboard ship to the Australian Aboriginal leader Bungaree and many, many more. The diversity and breadth are definitely two of the strengths of this survey, even if Huang sometimes blurs the line (especially in latter examples) between “explorer” and “adventurer.” But that’s a minor quibble in a collection that either brings to more light underreported examples or offers up a few that, at least in my experience (and I read a good amount in this area) were wholly new to me. The book is text-heavy, so not really for younger readers—more in the 4th or 5th grade and up I’d say. The illustrations are fine, if not particularly captivating or compelling, but Huang makes very good use of primary documents such as photos and journals. Older books on the topic tend to cover the same old same old white European males (de Game, Columbus, Cook, etc.—all the usual suspects). Newer ones have often broadened to include, say, Zhen He, whose vast armada of huge ships has come more to the forefront in the past decade or so. But I haven’t seen many texts on the topic (or honestly, any that I can recall) that introduce such a broad range of people, cultures, and regions. DK has always been one of my favorite non-fiction publishers for young readers and this book is just yet another example of the excellent work they do.
U**D
Wonderful book
This book is a great addition to any Homeschool library. A must have for History! This book has a lot of great information on the World's great Explorers.
M**E
Inclusive
Great book! I wish that the pictures were bigger as babies love to look at faces. Reading it to an 8-month baby is so much fun because names like Kublai Khan or Marco Polo tend to resonate with them and they love to look at faces that match them.
S**.
Fun & Interesting book
I got this for my 10 year old and it is a great book to read a few pages at a time. The pictures are engaging and the people who are profiled are interesting to learn about. It is definitely easy reading but presented in an appealing way.
L**A
Avventura
Il pacco è arrivato nei tempi previsti , un regalo per mio nipote molto apprezzato e felice ( in lingua inglese ) ottimo grazie
A**R
Good book
It is a book with brief descriptions and beautiful pictures Good to browse Not for very detail information Gives you to the point knowledge Nice
H**M
Lovely book
Perfect for little aspiring explorers!
G**A
péssimo estado
Produto chegou em péssimo estado. Irei pedir devolução.
E**O
Grandes exploradores
Un libro, muy bien escrito con unas ilustraciones excelentes y que puede despertar en jóvenes y niños el deseo de aventura, además de aprender sobre los primeros exploradores de la historia.
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