Amazing Expeditions: Journeys That Changed the World

by Anita Ganeri

Michael Mullan (Illustrator)

Discover the stories and follow the journeys of more than 20 of the world's most heroic and extraordinary explorers, including Ibn Battuta, Zheng He, Mary Kingsley, Norgay and Hillary, Ellen MacArthur and Neil Armstrong.

Throughout history, explorers have bravely ventured out into the unknown to discover new lands, seek treasure, make scientific discoveries or simply achieve something that's never been done before. Amazing Expeditions will take readers on a thrilling voyage over land, sea, sky and space. Some of the journeys were triumphs and others ended in failure and tragedy, but each is a riveting story and a lesson in perseverance and grit that may well inspire a new generation of adventurers.

• ISBN13: 9781782407478
• Publish Date: 11 April 2019 (first published 28 March 2019)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 20 October 2023
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Ivy Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 48
• Language: English

Reviews

[Liz (Bent Bookworm)]

What a fun book! Like it's companion book "Amazing Evolution," the illustrations in "Amazing Expeditions" are absolutely lovely. Covering explorers from modern day all the way back to BCE. I was very happy to see that the author did not cover only European explorers, but included some from China and the Middle East. Of course, there were very few women explorers (that we know of), so the gender ratio is quite skewed, but there are a couple of historic women included as well as some more modern ones. Highly recommend for any library!

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

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