This volume presents a sweeping historical account of exploration across continents and centuries, chronicling the daring voyages and discoveries that shaped human understanding of the world. With a narrative style that blends factual detail and literary flair, it covers the lives and journeys of figures such as Marco Polo, Vasco da Gama, and Magellan. The work captures the spirit of adventure and ambition that drove humanity to chart the unknown and map the globe.

Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre, and is best known for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days.