1 Title; 2-3 Copyright and Contents; 4-5 Intro: Being an Explorer; 6-7 Preparation and Equipment; 8-9 Food and Survival; 10-11 Intro: Early Explorers; 12-13 Traders and Explorers of the Mediterranean; 14-15 The Empire of China; 16-17 The Vikings; 18-19 Muslim Travellers; 20-21 Intro: the Search For Trade Routes; 22-23 The Silk Road; 24-25 Around the Cape of Good Hope; 26-27 The West Indies; 28-29 Circling the Globe; 30-31 Through the Frozen North; 32-33 Intro: New Horizons; 34-35 The Search for El Dorado; 36-37 Europeans in North America; 38-39 Crossing Africa; 40-41 Pacific Explorers; 42-43 Crossing Australia; 44-45 The Ends of the Earth; 46-47 Intro: Scientific Explorers; 48-49 In Pursuit of Knowledge; 50-51 Scaling the Peaks; 52-53 The Ocean Depths; Reference Section; 54-55 Maps and Mapping; 56-57 Piecing Together a Map; 58-59 Timeline; 60-61 Glossary; 62-63 Index; 64 Acknowledgements