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Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air
by
Stewart Ross (Goodreads Author),
Stephen Biesty
Ready to relive some of the most daring voyages of all time? Unfold these spectacular cross sections and explore fourteen historic journeys.
Open this dynamic book and discover how the greatest explorers in history — from Marco Polo to Neil Armstrong — plunged into the unknown and boldly pieced together the picture of the world we have today. With the help of masterful cros...more
Open this dynamic book and discover how the greatest explorers in history — from Marco Polo to Neil Armstrong — plunged into the unknown and boldly pieced together the picture of the world we have today. With the help of masterful cros...more
Hardcover, 96 pages
Published
April 12th 2011
by Candlewick Press
(first published February 2011)
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I gifted myself and my family with this book(thanks Mom and Pop for the birthday giftcard!). It is the sort of book that encourages the reader to leap off into for an immersive journey, investigating the vehicles and technology of historical explorations from all over the world, throughout time. It is not a comprehensive book, but selects journeys that typify the technology of a given time period. The artwork is detailed and amazing to explore, with so many details and "easter eggs" that encoura...more
I found Into The Unknown to be a fascinating, detailed book about world explorers throughout history. I learned lots about people, places and modes of transportation. An added bonus was that this book had fold-out maps and diagrams that went along with each explorer. The maps clearly showed where each person went and
the diagrams gave detailed information about vehicles used. I thought the authors did a good job of highlighting significant explorers throughout history. While the Wright brothers w...more
the diagrams gave detailed information about vehicles used. I thought the authors did a good job of highlighting significant explorers throughout history. While the Wright brothers w...more
As a child, I was fascinated by how early explorers sailed the oceans to new lands, pushing the limits of their knowledge. I remember learning about how Magellan's fleet circumnavigated to world - it was just captivating to learn about, and yet seemed so hard to imagine. Oh, if I only had been able to read Into the Unknown by Stewart Ross and Stephen Biesty - still, as an adult, I've poured over this book for hours and hours. If your child is fascinated by history, travel, exploration, maps or e...more
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Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air chronologically profiles the journeys of 14 explorers--from the Greek Pytheas’ sailing into the Arctic in 340 BC to the 1969 Moon landing.
The book shines in its balance of content and presentation. Aimed at the late elementary to early middle-grade reader, each chapter (ranging from 4-10 pages in length) gives some background about the explorer/event before focusing on an overview of the journeys--often discussing elemen...more
The book shines in its balance of content and presentation. Aimed at the late elementary to early middle-grade reader, each chapter (ranging from 4-10 pages in length) gives some background about the explorer/event before focusing on an overview of the journeys--often discussing elemen...more
Mar 18, 2012
Joan
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
people who like to explore, history lovers
Ross teamed up with Biesty (Incredible Cross-Sections) to do accounts of 14 of the greatest explorations of humanity. Both the text and the fold out illustrations as well as regular illustrations are magnificent, sure to send any mechanical minded child into an intense read amid dreams of incredible adventures. While the illustrations are the big draw, the text is really well done as well. Ross explains why the earliest explorations were so remarkable. The focus on how the various pieces of tran...more
Mar 15, 2012
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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I really enjoyed this book. Ross describes the explorations of land, sea, and air by over a dozen different men and women throughout history. Each chapter is accompanied by a fold-out diagram or map and Stephen Biesty's wonderful cross-sections and detailed illustrations. I've always loved to read about explorers, but I have to admit I'd never heard of Pythias or the Piccards, so I learned something here. In fact, my favorite chapter was on the Piccards, father and son. Auguste, the father, sail...more
Age: 8-12
Art: cross-sections, foldouts
Starting in 340 BC with Pytheas the Greek and ending in 1969 with the Apollo 11 moon landing, Ross and illustrator Stephen Bietsy fill this exemplary nonfiction book with intriguing facts and near peril. "These journeys of exploration are not necessarily the most important in terms of what they found, but each one is extraordinary for the way it was made."
Somewhat as an explorer himself, Ross has traveled all over the world to teach history, giving him acute...more
Art: cross-sections, foldouts
Starting in 340 BC with Pytheas the Greek and ending in 1969 with the Apollo 11 moon landing, Ross and illustrator Stephen Bietsy fill this exemplary nonfiction book with intriguing facts and near peril. "These journeys of exploration are not necessarily the most important in terms of what they found, but each one is extraordinary for the way it was made."
Somewhat as an explorer himself, Ross has traveled all over the world to teach history, giving him acute...more
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broken into 14 remarkable voyages which make it a stretch for a school report since the info isn't necessarily longer than in-depth encyclopedia entry. unfolding cross-sections (surprised the library bought it for this reason), high quality color. pretty text heavy considering explorers tend to be of interest to 5th and 6th graders. small font. good overall format, oversized but smaller than a pic book. <100 pages. limited number of sidebars. index, glossary, print sources.
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broken into 14 remarkable voyages which make it a stretch for a school report since the info isn't necessarily longer than in-depth encyclopedia entry. unfolding cross-sections (surprised the library bought it for this reason), high quality color. pretty text heavy considering explorers tend to be of interest to 5th and 6th graders. small font. good overall format, oversized but smaller than a pic book. <100 pages. limited number of sidebars. index, glossary, print sources.
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The first thing to say about Stewart Ross' Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air must be said. This book is cool. Like, super-duper cool. If I can just get kids, especially boys, to open the book, I know I'll have them hooked. Into the Unknown tells the tale of fourteen great explorations and the great men and women who undertook them. Each section is rich in historical facts and modern context, and makes for interesting reading...more
The first thing to say about Stewart Ross' Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air must be said. This book is cool. Like, super-duper cool. If I can just get kids, especially boys, to open the book, I know I'll have them hooked. Into the Unknown tells the tale of fourteen great explorations and the great men and women who undertook them. Each section is rich in historical facts and modern context, and makes for interesting reading...more
Drystan - I thought it was great. I would give it 5 stars. My favourite story was about the Appollo 11 moon landing. I liked this best because I can't imagine building a straight, big rocket that would reach the moon. I thought that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin achieved their dream by travelling to the moon. I'd like to go to the moon too.
Dylan - My favourite story was the mission to the bottom of the sea. I liked this one best because I would like to do this myself. I would like to learn abou...more
Dylan - My favourite story was the mission to the bottom of the sea. I liked this one best because I would like to do this myself. I would like to learn abou...more
This is the way to do kids' nonfiction! It's visual, it's tactile, it lets kids come along on the origin stories of things they've always known, and it manages to juxtapose Pytheas with Neil Armstrong. My only quibble is that I would've liked to see more attention paid to the natives of the places being explored. But the book is far from ethnocentric; it includes explorers from varied parts of the world and never claims that the "discovered" places were actually new.
Fabulous and informative. Worth owning so you can pore over it at random. Love how it includes eras, areas (space, undersea) besides the "usual suspects" and has lots of fascinating details like how a ship's poor design could impact the success of an explorer. For geography, history and science buffs alike. Of course, Biesty's amazing-as-usual detailed drawings hold a whole book's worth of info--here they are smaller-than-trim-sized, multifold booklets.
This is a great book to add to your youth non fiction collection. The illustrations are amazing and it's chock full of resource information. From Viking discoverys to the landing on the moon, this book takes important discovery events and showcases them with rich text and intricate illustrations. As a bonus each chapter has a fold out diagrams that are super. A wonderful book to relax to.
Outstanding book for children. Illustrations are amazing. If I would have had this book as a child, I would have carefully cut out all the posters and put them up all over my room. This book is fascinating, engaging, and interesting. I highly recommend to those with an interest in art, geography, history, and science for kids.
This is a rich nonfiction text that I would like to have in my classroom. It includes fourteen adventures form history. Each journey that is discussed in the book has fold-out maps and diagrams to help the reader understand more details about the historical events. This is an exciting book that students would enjoy reading.
This book was too much fun. Explorers' stories told perfectly. The illustrations show specifics pieces that had to happen or exist so that people could travel or explore. This is every kid's dream to experience and every librarian's nightmare.
Still I feel it's worth a gamble for such a genius book.
Still I feel it's worth a gamble for such a genius book.
Another quick read that I got for Bronwyn, but I doubt she looked at. Most of the explorers I'd heard of, but a few were new. I liked the pullout pages showing what each explorer's ship looked like and the details of what made it successful - or not - for the type of journey being undertaken.
I learned stuff! While most of these stories are for familiar explorers (Columbus, Apollo 11, Leif Erikkson), the authors do a great job of exploring the ins and outs and whys of each journey. Each vignette gets its own fold out showing Stephen Biesty's amazing cross-section drawings.
So interesting and very well done. I loved the explanations, but also the fold out bits, complete with maps and processes and vessel cross-sections. It may be a bit long for some, but if a reader even reads just one of the explorations covered in this book, they will be enriched.
Absolutely stunning! The engaging, informative text chronicles exciting adventures by daring explorers. Biesty's huge, fold out, cutaway cross section illustrations are remarkably detailed. A handsomely designed visual experience.
Just returned this one to the library - wonderful way to study the explorers. We especially enjoyed the removable maps, etc. it is a dynamic book for both kids and adults. Would love to add to our home library!
I loved this book. I have read about all of the explorers, already, but this book summarizes their experiences with fantastic diagrams and pull-out maps. Love it! Would be great for kids, too :).
I will totally read anything with a Stephen Biesty cross-section. This had a huge variety of things in cross section, and more kinds of explorations than I suspected. To me the most incredible of all the voyages were the 15th century Chinese treasure ships. Totally bad ass.
I was not expecting the "fantastic unfolding cross sections" - obviously I didn't read the cover closely! I can't imagine who WOULDN'T pore over this book for hours.
ALSC Notable 2012
ALSC Notable 2012
Dec 27, 2011
Tom Menke
added it
was informative as only a reminder that history is written by people and not always true
I wouldnt read it again there are many more comprehensive books on exploration and the truth of why it was done.
I wouldnt read it again there are many more comprehensive books on exploration and the truth of why it was done.
Fabulous! The fold-out maps and diagrams are incredible. This is a must for any fan of David Macauly, exploration, or fantastic illustrations.
posting this so I can remember the title for patrons
has cool fold-out diagrams of how the actual ships were built
has cool fold-out diagrams of how the actual ships were built
Amazing fold-out illustrations; good enough to be a coffee-table book for adults.
Notable Children's Books, 2012 (ALA)
Fascinating and brief history of explorers and their adventures. I particularly enjoyed reading about Mary Kingsley and how she fearlessly explored the west coast of Africa alone in 1895, also how the father/son team Auguste & Jacques Piccard explored the stratosphere in the 1930s and then used that same technology to build a deep-sea craft.
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Stewart Ross has written more than 250 titles for children and adults. Many are about (or inspired by) history. He lives in Canterbury, England.
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