From mountain climbers to astronauts, ship captains to arctic adventures, missionaries to presidents, to the just plain curious, there are all kinds of explorers...and just think, one of them could be you.

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question kids get asked over and over. But very few connections are made for kids between the present and the future. This book shows kids a pathway from their current interests and talents to a future career or interest. And in so doing, it also encourages adventure, exploration, and discovery, three core principles of National Geographic's mission. It's a celebration of possibility--so simple and so...

Recounts George W. De Long's expedition to reach the North Pole.

Photographs and text examine the history of explorers and exploration, and highlight many of their discoveries.

"In this title, readers will explore the Caribbean with Vasco N̨͠ez de Balboa. Follow Balboa's journey on three voyages seeking wealth for Spain. Along the way he becomes the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--

From the first people to leave Africa to the first to leave the planet, the urge to explore the unknown has driven human progress. DK's Explorers tells the story of humanity's explorations, taking the reader into the lives of some of the most intrepid people ever known. Focusing on 50 of the world's greatest explorers, with shorter entries on 60 of their helpers and companions, the book is filled with first-person accounts in the explorers' own words,...