title: Explorers: Tales of Endurance and Exploration. Royal Geographic Society
author: Royal Geographical Society
description: This is an epic visual guide to the most intrepid explorers in history. Written in association with the RGS, "Explorers" brings you stories of great courage, spirit and endurance and opens your eyes to how these expeditions have shaped the course of human history. Set out into the unknown with 80 of the world's greatest explorers and discover what motivated them to risk everything in pursuit of discovery. With a foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, undoubtedly one of the greatest living explorers, and an introduction from Michael Palin, President of the RGS, "Explorers" features the personal stories and first hand accounts of the people whose courage opened frontiers, turned voids into maps, connected cultures and added to humankind's knowledge of the world. Featuring exclusive, never-before-seen photography from the RGS archive, rare maps and specially-commissioned artworks, "Explorers" will appeal to all those who love the thrill of travel and exploration and want to experience the triumphs and tragedies of real-life adventure. "Explorers" has been reissued in compact format to mark 100 years since Scott and his team reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912.
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  A Book of Discovery
  
  
  
  
  
  [INTRODUCTION  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER I. A LITTLE OLD WORLD  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER II. EARLY MARINERS  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER III. IS THE WORLD FLAT?  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER IV. HERODOTUS—THE TRAVELLER  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER V. ALEXANDER THE GREAT EXPLORES INDIA  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER VI. PYTHEAS FINDS THE BRITISH ISLES  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER VII. JULIUS CAESAR AS EXPLORER  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER VIII. STRABO'S GEOGRAPHY  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER IX. THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND PLINY  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER X. PTOLEMY'S MAPS  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER XI. PILGRIM TRAVELLERS  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER XII. IRISH EXPLORERS  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER XIII. AFTER MOHAMMED  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER XIV. THE VIKINGS SAIL THE NORTHERN SEAS  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER XV. ARAB WAYFARERS  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER XVI. TRAVELLERS TO THE EAST  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER XVII. MARCO POLO  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER XVIII. THE END OF MEDIAEVAL EXPLORATION  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER XIX. MEDIAEVAL MAPS  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER XX. PRINCE HENRY OF PORTUGAL  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER XXI. BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ REACHES THE STORMY CAPE  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER XXI