Explorers searching for a “New World” found a continent teeming with life and opportunity. Readers will learn how humanity pushed to the edges of the Earth in the quest for knowledge. They will also learn about the exploits of famous explorers such as Francisco Pizarro and Americo Vespucci while full-color photographs show the continent in stunning detail. Fact boxes add depth to every expedition and journey, while glossary terms and further information give readers an in-depth examination of this exciting topic.

A narrative history of exploration from Christopher Columbus to the 19th century, with journal excerpts, diaries and other writings of the explorers themselves. Goodman has marshaled his wide-ranging research and lifelong interest in exploration into a comprehensive, scholarly history. A reprint of the original 1972 edition, the tales have lost none of their luster.

A biography of Francisco Pizarro, an explorer who conquered a gold-rich empire that enriched Spain for decades.

Amerigo Vespucci, the presumed namesake of the continents of North America and South America, is a controversial figure in the history of European exploration. The number of voyages he took to the New World is in dispute, but among his accomplishments, he found a rough method of calculating longitude, made notes on the indigenous peoples he encountered, and published theories proving that Columbus had not landed in India. This volume separates the fact from fiction, the man from the myth, and sets about to responsibly examine the remaining open questions at the heart of this history of New World exploration.

Who conquered the Inca and opened South America up for Spanish exploration? Francisco Pizarro did. Pizarro first heard about the Inca and their treasure while he was exploring with another famous man -- Vasco Nunez de Balboa. Read about how Pizarro searched for years before finding Peru and the Inca. In Francisco Pizarro: Explorer of South America, author Sandra J. Kachurek discusses the life and times of Pizarro and his explorations in South America. Book jacket.

Jumping from moving trains, drinking and dancing till the dawn, and exploring the land and culture of the Incan people, while documenting various people from across the globe that he met along the way, The SOUTH AMERICAN EXPLORERS CLUB is a stellar read. A celebration of youth and the uncertainty of the future. This book encompasses long distance trekking in the Peruvian Andes, exploring ancient Incan ruins, the lost funerary burial pits of the Nazca culture, camping in the lake district of southern Chile, the kinship of other travelers, and the joys and hardships that go along with and are intrinsic to long term travel.