中文名： DK目击者丛书：探险家（英文原版）原名： DK Eyewitness Books： Explorer
作者： 图书
发行时间： 2005年01月
内容简介：
Here is a new and exciting look at the hazardous and perilous world of exploration.
Stunning， real-life photographs of famous explorers‘’ equipment and
personalpossessions， as well as the objects they found offer a unique
“eyewitness” viewof the exploration of the world. See arrows shot into
Livingstone‘’s boat， goldfound by Spanish explorers of Central and South America，
the flag that flew over the North Pole， what a sailor‘’s life was like and plant and
insect specimens brought back by naturalist explorers. Learn how the first sailors
navigated， why Columbus set out on his epic voyage， what kind of food starving
explorers ate， how Arab traders transported their slaves and what the Egyptians
found in the legendary “Land of the Gods”。 Discover who first sailed around the
world， what happened to Matthew Flinders‘’ cat， what the earliest underwater
explorers wore and who first crossed the Australian continent， and much， much
more！ Discover the story of exploration - from early expeditions to high-tech trips
into space
目录：
Contents
Early explorers
Egyptian expeditions
Imperial expansion
Viking voyages
Polynesian settlers
The Silk Road
Arab adventurers
The Age of Exploration
The New World
Around the world
Life at sea
Tricks of the trade
Gold and the gospel
The Great South Sea
The Endeavour
Across Australia
The Northwest Passage
North America tamed
The Dark Continent
Naturalist explorers
The North Pole
The South Pole
Pioneers of the air
Into outer space
Exploring the deep
Exploration routes
Did you know？
Timeline of explorers
Find out more
Gossary
Index
