A biography of the Portuguese sea captain who commanded the first expedition that sailed around the world, thus providing the first positive proof that the earth is round.
Describes the journey through the Amazon Basin made by De Orellana and Pizarro in the early sixteenth century. Also discusses the Inca and the conquest of South America by the Spanish.
Describes the journey of Charles Wilkes as he led a group of American seamen through the South Pacific and became the first to cite Antarctica as a separate continent.
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