Unrolling the map: the story of exploration

Pt. I: The first explorers: The classic world

The early empires

Egyptian exploration: the voyage to Punt

The Minoans

The explorer Ulysses

The Phoenicians

Growth of the classic world

The ancients and the monsoons

The ancients and the islands

Pt. II: The death and rebirth of adventure

The northern hordes

The Norse adventurers

The crusades

The Arabian geographers

Monks and missionaries in Asia

Marco Polo

After Polo

Pt. III: The Great age of adventure

Portugal

Spain

England

France

Pt. IV: North America

Canada

United States

Pt. V: South America

Part VI: Asia

The advance on Asia

The march across Siberia and Vitus Bering

The rim of Asia

Inner Asia

Tibet

Pt. VII: The Pacific and Australia

Pt. VIII: Africa

Pt. IX: The Arctic

The Antarctic

Conclusion.