Collection: Junior Non-Fiction History

In 1914, Ernest Shackleton and his team set out to cross Antarctica going via the South Pole. However, in 1915, Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, became trapped in ice. Shackleton's crew eventually had to abandon ship and live on the ice in freezing temperatures and blizzards, inadequately clothe...

"This title explores and explains how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. The pyramid's construction is described in terms of the engineering process"--Provided by publisher.

"Explains the history behind and the process of building the Great Wall of China"--

Prepare to meet 66 exceptionally brave adventurers in this celebration of monumental achievements from around the world. Mountaineers, conquerors, explorers, sailors, pilots and countless others who accomplished amazing feats of bravery and triumph are waiting to be discovered in Simon Cheshire's...

Provides information about Vikings, discussing their physical characteristics, how they lived, how they fought, who their Gods were, and how they globalized the world.

Special anniversary edition, celebrating 250 years since Captain Cook came to Australia. This highly informative children's picture book tells the whole story of explorers discovering Australia from many lands, beginning with the Aborigines, finishing with Captain Cook. Illustrated with fun pictu...

Get ready to travel across the world and back into history, to meet some of the world's greatest explorers. Readers will learn about both famous - and these days sometimes controversial - names, such as Columbus, Magellan and Roald Amundsen, plus little-known ones, from a broad range of cultures ...