Journeys of Discovery

Journeys of Discovery highlights some of history's greatest journeys of discovery, in ten brief, riveting and informative stories from across the globe.


What would it have been like to be Ferdinand Magellan discovering a hidden strait at the bottom of South Atlantic that opened into the broad expanse of the Pacific, or John Hanning Speke, finding the long sought source of the Nile? Journeys of Discovery takes readers along on ten of history’s most momentous expeditions into the heart of the unknown.


All titles in the Short History series:

The Clash of History's Titans

Fame & Infamy

Turning the Tide of Battle

Obscure Events that Shaped the World

The War of Words

When the World Stood Still

Settlements of the Doomed

Scandalgate

Journeys of Discovery

Amazons & Hellcats

Broadswords, Bayonetes and B-52s

Good Girls Don't Make History