Books in Discovering the Past series

Packed with stunning illustrations and cool facts, the Discovering Great White Sharks Handbook allows you to dive deep alongside everyone’s favorite predator.Make a splash this summer with the Discovering Great White Sharks Handbook. Packed with stunning illustrations and cool facts about everyone’s favorite deep-sea predator, this book is a real catch. Featuring a colorful, tactile cover and accurate, interesting information about everything from feeding cycles to migration habits, the Discovering Great White Sharks Handbook is the perfect companion when you’re sitting on the beach or taking in Shark Week from the safety of your couch.

Exploration tells the intriguing story of the navigators who crossed oceans to chart the coastlines of distant continents, the adventurers who traversed deserts and polar wastes, and the traders who sought new markets and commodities in faraway lands. The secrets of the planet and its living inhabitants have been unraveled thanks to the efforts made by these navigators and adventurers.This new, full-color book begins with a narration of the earliest seagoing ships and the vehicles that transported diplomats, warriors, and merchants around the Mediterranean region and later around the world. It explores the Vikings who terrorized Western Europe and colonized Greenland as well as the swift outrigger vessels that sailed from Asia to the islands of the Pacific. This accessible resource describes the development of navigational instruments to help on long journeys out of sight of land—including the sextant and compass—and explains how to calculate latitude and longitude.Chapters include:Down to the Sea in ShipsCrossing the WorldTrading by Desert and by SeaThe Art of NavigationThe WanderersThe ArcticThe Southern LandThe Deserted PlacesOther WorldsWhy We Explore.