Beyond the horizon . . . from the earliest days, people wondered what might be there. At first, because they didn't know, they made up fantastic stories of queer beasts and people . . . beyond the horizon.

But wondering isn't enough for some men. They have to know the truth. Those men are the explorers. Marco Polo, bewitched by the glories of the East; Columbus, a man with a dream that wouldn't quite come true; Magellan, driving cruelly toward a goal he never reached; Lewis and Clark, entrusted to explore a vast, rich territory; other men always pressing onward to discover the unknown. In a lively book, Irvin Block makes them as real as your next-door neighbor — but much more exciting.

THE REAL BOOK ABOUT EXPLORERS is a genuine thriller about some of the world's most daring, imaginative men and their discoveries that stretched back our horizons.

From the dust jacket