The story of exploration - from early expeditions to high-tech trips into space - is presented in vivid visual detail in this intriguing guide. DK Eyewitness Books: Explorer takes a look at the perilous and exciting worlds of explorers, sharing stunning real-life photographs of famous explorers' equipment and personal possessions, as well as the objects they found. Readers will see arrows shot into Livingston's boat, gold found by Spanish conquistadors, and insect specimens brought back by naturalist explorers. As they learn how the earliest sailors navigated, who first crossed the Australian continent, what the Egyptians found in the legendary "Land of the Gods," and more, readers will gain an understanding of the extraordinary explorations that helped shape our world today.