Author(s): Various

Gift/Humour

Science, technology, navigation and natural history - behind every new discovery made and boundary crossed, invariably lies a remarkable story.

Discovery is a collection of first-hand writings that recount many of the extraordinary achievements that have helped us chart and understand the world we live in today. Here you can read of such breakthroughs as the first viewing of the moon through a telescope, the first landfalls in Australia and America, the first successful polar expeditions, and much more.

The fact that triumph was too often accomplished by tragedy makes these accounts even more poignant.