Ten exciting stories feature famous explorers and their dangerous jungle adventures. Stories include: Gonzalo Pizarros search for the city of El Dorado, Mary Kingsleys fall into a pit of stakes, Percy Fawcett and the lost city of Z, Henry Walter Bates adventure in the Amazon, and Captain Barth Blakes search for Inca gold in the Amazon. Simple maps and feature boxes add additional details and help readers better understand the time period in which the explorations took place.
