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FRONT COVER: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay preparing for another stage during their ascent to the summit of Everest in 1953. © Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVER: A rare world map from 1824 by John Cary. It shows the tracks of eminent explorers of the period.
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Contents
Apollo 11 and the Moon landings
The expeditions of Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott
Charles Darwin’s voyage on HMS Beagle
Yuri Gagarin: The man who fell to Earth
Leif Eriksson’s voyage to Vinland
Thor Heyerdahl: The Kon-Tiki man
David Livingstone’s last journey
Captain James Cook and HMS Endeavour
Hillary and Tenzing: Living in the death zone
Christopher Columbus’ 1492 voyage to the Americas
The Voyager Interstellar Mission
Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery expedition
Ernest Shackleton’s escape from Antarctica