Lives of the Explorers

This fascinating installment in the popular Lives of . . . series of collective biographies is full of juicy tidbits about history's greatest explorers.

You might know that Marco Polo traveled the Silk Road, Lewis and Clark headed west with the help of Sacajawea, and Sally Ride blasted into space. But what do you really know about these bold explorers as people? What were they like as kids? What pets or bad habits did they have? And what drove their passion to explore unknown parts of the world?