The first real explorer, for the English, was Anthony Jenkinson. He sailed to Russia and set out into the unknown to discover an overland route, right across As

Discusses the possibility that America was discovered by someone other than Columbus.

Smith's adventure-filled life included being sold into slavery and his later rescue by the young Pocahontas.

First Crossing recounts an adventure of epic proportions -- in equal parts romantic, historically significant and compelling. It is the story of Canada's most f

Journalist Bill Gifford gives us a life--and follows in the footsteps--of an early American explorer, whose exploits (including walking across all of Russia) an