This is the last book Les Case was able to complete and was published in 1982 after his death. Illustrated by Mary Budd it has photographs drawings and is particularly rich in maps. It is an excellent simply told history of exploration.

Twenty chapters cover the Phoenicians, Greek Explorers, Vikings. Middle Ages, Sea-Route to India, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Conquistadors, Age of Discovery, Cook & the South Seas, Across America, Africa, Search for the Nile, David Livingstone, H. M. Stanley, Across Australia, Exploring the Arctic, The South Pole, Mount Everest, and Into Space.

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