Journeys of Discovery highlights some of history's greatest journeys of discovery, in ten brief, riveting and informative stories from across the globe.
What would it have been like to be Ferdinand Magellan discovering a hidden strait at the bottom of South Atlantic that opened into the broad expanse of the Pacific, or John Hanning Speke, finding the long sought source of the Nile? Journeys of Discovery takes readers along on ten of history’s most momentous expeditions into the heart of the unknown.
All titles in the Short History series:
The Clash of History's Titans
Fame & Infamy
Turning the Tide of Battle
Obscure Events that Shaped the World
The War of Words
When the World Stood Still
Settlements of the Doomed
Scandalgate
Journeys of Discovery
Amazons & Hellcats
Broadswords, Bayonetes and B-52s
Good Girls Don't Make History
