Kingston and Henry Frith retell four centuries of voyaging, beginning with Columbus pleading his case before the scholars at Seville and following his four crossings, Vasco da Gama’s passage to India, and the circumnavigators and raiders who came after, Drake among them, on to the Arctic searchers and Nordenskiöld’s voyage through the Northeast Passage.
A lively narrative history of exploration, written for young readers but enjoyable at any age. Download the free EPUB.