For centuries, people have bravely traveled and explored the Earth, on foot and by water, on animals or with vehicles. In this exciting, lavishly illustrated, and large-format book, history comes alive as it tells the stories of great explorers and adventurers. It covers the journeys of the Aborigines and Polynesians, Greek seafarers like Pytheas, the Portuguese explorer Magellan, the famous Hannibal who rode an elephant, Thomas Stevens who circumnavigated the globe on a bicycle, polar explorers like Amundsen and Scott, as well as aviation pioneers like Charles Lindbergh. Other contributors in this magnificent volume include Francis Drake, James Cook, Mary Bryant, Petrarch, Marco Polo, David Livingstone, Charles Darwin, Alexander von Humboldt, Heinrich Barth, Thor Heyerdahl, Che Guevara, Yuri Gagarin, and Neil Armstrong.