The intrepid explorers who set off on incredible adventures.
A travel guide compiled from first-hand records of Tudor seafarers in the 16th century.
Vanessa Collingridge travels in the footsteps of legendary explorer Captain James Cook.
How America's three great mountain ranges challenged the westward push of the pioneers.
How film-makers turned the conquest of Himalayan peaks into great propaganda.
How David Livingstone took the faith of his nation to the ends of the earth.
