xvii, 144 pages : 24 cm

Crossing geographic and cultural boundaries at a time when much of the world remained uncharted was a challenge faced by ancient explorers. Long before the Golden Age of Exploration, an assortment of travellers ventured into the unknown, uncovering untapped riches of land and resources in the process. Readers will become familiar with the lives and journeys of these early explorers, whose number included dauntless leaders-Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Genghis Khan-who sought to establish vast empires and enterprising merchants such as Marco Polo

Includes bibliographical references and index

Phoenicians -- Lapita people -- The Celts -- Hatshepsut -- Necho II -- Scylax of Caryanda -- Herodotus -- Hanno -- Alexander the Great -- Nearchus -- Pytheas -- Zhang Qian -- Julius Caesar -- Faxian -- Saint Brendan -- Xuanzang -- Eldad the Danite -- Al-Masʻūdī -- Al-Hamdānī -- Erik the Red -- Lief Eriksson the Lucky -- Thorfinn Karlsefni -- Al-Sharīf al-Idrīsī -- Benjamin of Tudela -- Madog Ab Owain Gynedd -- Genghis Khan -- Giovanni Da Pian Del Carpini -- Willem Van Ruysbroeck -- Giovanni da Montecorvino -- Marco Polo -- Odoric of Pordenone -- Ibn Baṭṭūṭah

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