Travel and Discoveries. Complete Encyclopedia

The book Travel and Opening. The complete encyclopedia tells about the exciting and dramatic history of geographical discoveries, about people who went to new lands from ancient times to the present day. This is a book about the brave people: scientists, sailors, merchants, pirates, conquerors, adventurers, about those who went to the naval depths and conquered the impregnable tops of the mountains. You will learn about the circumstances of their travel, about the secrets of the disappeared expeditions, about unexpected findings, about incredible, and sometimes tragic circumstances of the discoveries of new lands.
Vintage drawings, engravings, maps, illustrations from diaries of expedition participants, photos, some of which are historical relics, refill narration.
The book is addressed to everyone who loves history, geography and adventure, to everyone who missed the unknown gave