10 Explorers Who Changed the World

by Clive Gifford, David Cousens (Illustrator)

Everyone knows who Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus were. But do they know that Christopher Columbus owned a copy of Polo's book The Travels of Marco Polo, full of Columbus's own handwritten notes that served as inspiration and research for his famous journey? This amazing link and nine more are the basis for this highly original look at great explorers. By drawing a line from Polo and Magellan to Lewis and Clark and right down to Jacques Yves-Cousteau, readers will never think about history the same way again.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Clive Gifford is a highly experienced journalist and author with over 170 books published and more than 800 features and stories written for adults and children.

Clive is an unusual author who likes to work in both fiction and non-fiction. Perhaps this reflects his unusual life which, so far, has seen him travel to over 70 countries, be held hostage in Colombia, go parachuting, coach several sports and run a computer games company.

He says: "What drives me more than anything else is the desire to communicate, entertain and inform through the written word."

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 2 out of 5]

No me gusto tanto.

[Pooja Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really interesting book that I enjoyed reading to my kids

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exciting, colorful, violent, full of fascinating trivia - every little boy's cup of tea.