Doraine Bennett, BA, is a freelance writer from Columbus, GA.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart 1 The AmericasChapter 1 Leif the Lucky Reaches VinlandChapter 2 A New WorldChapter 3 Magellan's Endless OceanChapter 4 The ConquistadorsChapter 5 The Father of New FranceChapter 6 A Pack of Outrageous LiarsPart 2 AsiaChapter 7 Marco Sees the WorldChapter 8 When China Ruled the SeasChapter 9 Out of the GravePart 3 AfricaChapter 10 Hero or Villain?Chapter 11 Lost in AfricaChapter 12 Saved By a Long SkirtPart 4 Australia and OceaniaChapter 13 A Continent and a CureChapter 14 Into the OutbackChapter 15 Kon-Tiki: Across the PacificPart 5 The Arctic and AntarcticaChapter 16 The North Pole: Who was First? (or Did They Really Get There at All?)Chapter 17 Race to the South PoleChapter 18 The Lost ExpeditionPart 6 Under Sea and Outer SpaceChapter 19 At the Bottom of the OceanChapter 20 Sending a Message into SpacePart 7 MonologuesIbn BattutaCabeza de VacaJeanne BaretFrancisco de OrellanaFlorence von Sass-BakerAlice RamseyFrancis McClintockJohn RaeSylvia EarleJacqueline CochranBibliography

Doraine Bennett, BA, is a freelance writer from Columbus, GA.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart 1 The AmericasChapter 1 Leif the Lucky Reaches VinlandChapter 2 A New WorldChapter 3 Magellan's Endless OceanChapter 4 The ConquistadorsChapter 5 The Father of New FranceChapter 6 A Pack of Outrageous LiarsPart 2 AsiaChapter 7 Marco Sees the WorldChapter 8 When China Ruled the SeasChapter 9 Out of the GravePart 3 AfricaChapter 10 Hero or Villain?Chapter 11 Lost in AfricaChapter 12 Saved By a Long SkirtPart 4 Australia and OceaniaChapter 13 A Continent and a CureChapter 14 Into the OutbackChapter 15 Kon-Tiki: Across the PacificPart 5 The Arctic and AntarcticaChapter 16 The North Pole: Who was First? (or Did They Really Get There at All?)Chapter 17 Race to the South PoleChapter 18 The Lost ExpeditionPart 6 Under Sea and Outer SpaceChapter 19 At the Bottom of the OceanChapter 20 Sending a Message into SpacePart 7 MonologuesIbn BattutaCabeza de VacaJeanne BaretFrancisco de OrellanaFlorence von Sass-BakerAlice RamseyFrancis McClintockJohn RaeSylvia EarleJacqueline CochranBibliography

Doraine Bennett, BA, is a freelance writer from Columbus, GA.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart 1 The AmericasChapter 1 Leif the Lucky Reaches VinlandChapter 2 A New WorldChapter 3 Magellan's Endless OceanChapter 4 The ConquistadorsChapter 5 The Father of New FranceChapter 6 A Pack of Outrageous LiarsPart 2 AsiaChapter 7 Marco Sees the WorldChapter 8 When China Ruled the SeasChapter 9 Out of the GravePart 3 AfricaChapter 10 Hero or Villain?Chapter 11 Lost in AfricaChapter 12 Saved By a Long SkirtPart 4 Australia and OceaniaChapter 13 A Continent and a CureChapter 14 Into the OutbackChapter 15 Kon-Tiki: Across the PacificPart 5 The Arctic and AntarcticaChapter 16 The North Pole: Who was First? (or Did They Really Get There at All?)Chapter 17 Race to the South PoleChapter 18 The Lost ExpeditionPart 6 Under Sea and Outer SpaceChapter 19 At the Bottom of the OceanChapter 20 Sending a Message into SpacePart 7 MonologuesIbn BattutaCabeza de VacaJeanne BaretFrancisco de OrellanaFlorence von Sass-BakerAlice RamseyFrancis McClintockJohn RaeSylvia EarleJacqueline CochranBibliography