True Book of Great Adventures

This collection of stories spans centuries and continents to cover the greatest and most daring of man's achievements in the history of progress. On the earth, in the air and space, man is ever pushing back the frontiers of knowledge and endurance and here are descriptions of his most heroic exploits - the battles and explorations of Alexander the Great, conquest of the South Pole, Columbus' discovery of America, crossing of the Atlantic in a dinghy, quest for the North-West Passage, climbing of Everest, journey to the Kingdom of the Great Khan, Stanley's search for Livingstone, crossing of the North Pole by airship, circumnavigation of the globe, race to the moon and other remarkable feats, all superbly illustrated in full colour.