See Inside Exploration and Discovery

See Inside Exploration and Discovery by Emily Bone, illustrated by Steve Scott
 
Set out across oceans, continents, mountains, polar ice and even space in this richly illustrated journey through the history of exploration. More than 70 lift-the-flaps invite curious readers to look beneath maps, vessels, equipment and expedition scenes to uncover the people, ideas and discoveries that changed how the world was understood.
 
Beginning with ancient travellers and early map-makers, the book follows long-distance journeys by land and sea, natural-history expeditions, attempts to reach the poles and the summit of Everest, and missions beyond Earth. Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Christopher Columbus and other well-known explorers appear alongside the practical questions behind each journey: How did people navigate? What did they carry? What dangers did they face? What remained unknown?
 
Each sturdy spread is designed for browsing rather than racing to the end. Short pieces of information, detailed scenes and hidden facts make it easy for children to choose their own route through the pages, return to favourite sections and turn a single question into a much wider investigation.
 
See Inside Exploration and Discovery is an absorbing interactive information book for children who love maps, journeys, daring challenges and finding out what lies beyond the next flap. It is especially useful for shared learning at home or school, where adults can add modern context to older ideas of “discovery” and explore whose knowledge, homes and histories were already present in the places European expeditions reached.