Explorers

by Steven M.L. Aronson

DARING CLIMBS, DEATH-DEFYING VOYAGES, DIVES INTO THE VERY DEPTHS--AND ONE SMALL STEP ONTO THE MOON Fandex celebrates the dreamers, scientists, poets and adventurers who opened the frontiers of our world. From the hard-sailing Phoenicians, whose masts were built from the cedars of Lebanon, to Ponce de Leon, who sought not gold but the Fountain of Eternal Youth, to astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, here are the explorers and their dazzling exploits. It's every history lover's handheld deck of knowledge.

96 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1999