Epic voyages : Magellan, Cook, Shackleton, Heyerdahl, Chichester
Publication Information
New York : Kingfisher : Distributed in the U.S. by Macmillan, 2010.
Physical Description
64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 30 cm.
Series
Summary
Recounts the stories of five epic mariners who set off on some of the greatest ocean journeys ever undertaken and introduces the challenges of life at sea.
Notes
"Includes poster-size fold-out pages"--Cover.
Subjects
- Adventure and adventurers > Juvenile literature.
- Explorers > Juvenile literature.
- Seafaring life > Juvenile literature.
- Adventure and adventurers.
- Explorers.
- Seafaring life.
- Magalhães, Fernão de, 1480-1521 > Juvenile literature.
- Cook, James, 1728-1779 > Juvenile literature.
- Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 > Juvenile literature.
- Heyerdahl, Thor > Juvenile literature.
- Chichester, Francis, Sir, 1901-1972 > Juvenile literature.