Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Early Explorers -- EXPLORATION OF THE ATLANTIC COASTLINES -- ERIK THE RED -- LEIF ERIKSSON THE LUCKY -- VINLAND -- PERSIAN AND ROMAN EXPLORATIONS -- EAST-WEST CONTACT IN EURASIA -- TRAVELS OF IBN BATTUAH -- TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO -- Chapter 2: The Age of Discovery -- THE SEA ROUTE EAST BY SOUTH TO CATHAY -- BARTOLOMEU DIAS AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE -- VASCO DA GAMA AND THE ROUTE TO INDIA -- THE FIRST VOYAGE -- THE SECOND VOYAGE -- THE THIRD VOYAGE -- COLUMBUS'S VOYAGES TO THE NEW WORLD -- PREPARATION FOR THE FIRST VOYAGE -- THE FIRST VOYAGE -- THE SECOND AND THIRD VOYAGES -- THE FOURTH VOYAGE AND FINAL YEARS -- VESPUCCI'S TRAVELS TO SOUTH AMERICA -- MAGELLAN AND THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE EARTH -- ALLEGIANCE TO SPAIN -- DISCOVERY OF THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN -- CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE -- Chapter 3: Colonial Exploration of the New World -- SPAIN: THE CONQUESTS -- BALBOA REACHES THE PACIFIC -- CORTÉS AND THE CONQUEST OF THE AZTECS -- FRANCISCO PIZARRO AND THE CONQUEST OF THE INCAS -- DE SOTO AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER -- CORONADO'S EXPEDITIONS IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA -- JUAN PONCE DE LEÓN: FLORIDA AND THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH -- FRANCE IN NORTH AMERICA -- VERRAZZANO'S EXPLORATION OF THE EASTERN COAST -- CARTIER'S EXPLORATION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER -- SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN -- LA SALLE'S EXPLORATION OF THE INTERIOR -- Chapter 4: Journeys of Inquiry -- TASMAN'S DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC -- DRAKE'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION -- LA PÉROUSE AND DUMONT D'URVILLE'S EXPLORATIONS OF THE PACIFIC -- VOYAGES OF JAMES COOK -- EARLY CAREER -- VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES -- HUMBOLDT'S EXPLORATION OF SOUTH AMERICA -- INTO THE HEART OF AFRICA -- LIVINGSTONE'S JOURNEYS INTO THE CONTINENTAL CENTRE -- STANLEY'S EXPLORATIONS -- RICHARD BURTON AND THE SOURCE OF THE NILE.

Chapter 5: Arctic Exploration -- ENGLISH AND DUTCH EXPLORATION OF THE EURASIAN ARCTIC -- HUDSON'S EXPEDITIONS -- THE SEARCH FOR THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE -- THE VOYAGE TO HUDSON BAY -- EARLY RUSSIAN EXPLORATION -- CONQUEST OF THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE -- THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE -- 19TH CENTURY ATTEMPTS AT THE PASSAGE -- TRAVERSES OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE SINCE 1900 -- THE NORTH POLE -- THE FRAM EXPEDITION -- THE RACE FOR THE POLE -- SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION -- SVALBARD -- THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC -- GREENLAND -- THE NORTH AMERICAN ARCTIC -- THE ARCTIC OCEAN -- Chapter 6: Exploration of Antarctica -- VOYAGES OF BELLINGSHAUSEN, BRANSFIELD, AND PALMER BRANSFIELD, AND PALMER -- VOYAGES OF DUMONT D'URVILLE, WILKES, AND ROSS -- THE "HEROIC AGE" OF EXPLORATION -- DISCOVERY OF THE ANTARCTIC POLES -- SHACKLETON AND SCOTT'S ILL-FATED ATTEMPTS -- AMUNDSEN'S SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION -- EXPLORATION SINCE 1920 -- TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN EXPLORATION -- NATIONAL RIVALRIES AND CLAIMS -- SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF IGY -- POST-IGY RESEARCH -- Chapter 7: The Quest for Everest -- EARLY EXPEDITIONS -- ATTEMPT OF 1922 -- ATTEMPT OF 1924 -- ATTEMPT OF 1933 -- RECONNAISSANCE OF 1935 -- ATTEMPTS OF 1936 AND 1938 -- GOLDEN AGE OF EVEREST CLIMBS -- SPRING ATTEMPT OF 1952 -- AUTUMN ATTEMPT OF 1952 -- THE HISTORIC ASCENT OF 1953 -- EVEREST-LHOTSE, 1956 -- ATTEMPTS OF 1960 -- THE U.S. ASCENT OF 1963 -- THE INDIAN ASCENT OF 1965 -- DEVELOPMENTS 1965 TO 1980 -- THE SOUTHWEST FACE -- THE FIRST ASCENT BY A WOMAN -- THE WEST RIDGE DIRECT ASCENT -- CLIMBING WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN -- THE NORTH APPROACH -- THE 1980S -- FIRST SOLO CLIMB -- FURTHER EXPLORATION FROM TIBET -- DEVELOPMENTS IN NEPAL -- THE END OF AN ERA -- NOTABLE CLIMBERS -- GEORGE MALLORY -- JOHN HUNT -- EDMUND HILLARY -- TENZING NORGAY -- REINHOLD MESSNER -- Chapter 8: Reaching for Great Heights and Depths.

AUGUSTE PICCARD AND EARLY ASCENTS INTO THE STRATOSPHERE -- SUBSEQUENT STRATOSPHERIC FLIGHTS -- SUPERPRESSURE BALLOONS -- INTRODUCTION OF THE BATHYSPHERE -- AUGUSTE PICCARD AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BATHYSCAPHE -- Chapter 9: Notable Archaelogical Finds -- POMPEII -- HISTORY -- HISTORY OF EXCAVATIONS -- DESCRIPTION OF THE REMAINS -- INFLUENCE ON EUROPEAN CULTURE -- IMPORTANCE AS HISTORICAL SOURCE -- TROY -- GEOGRAPHY -- ARCHAEOLOGY -- KNOSSOS -- HISTORY -- PALACE OF MINOS -- MACHU PICCHU -- SITE AND EXCAVATION -- ARCHITECTURE AND TOURISM -- VALLEY OF THE KINGS AND TUTANKHAMEN -- VALLEY OF THE KINGS -- TUTANKHAMEN AND HIS TOMB -- EASTER ISLAND -- ARCHAEOLOGY -- OLDUVAI GORGE -- THE FOSSIL BEDS -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Index -- Back Cover.