WORLDS BEYOND THE HORIZON: The Great Age of Discovery from Columbus to the Present. JOACHIM G. LEITHAUSER (Translated fromt he German by HUGH MERRICK), ALFRED A. KNOPF, NEW YORK, 1955.
 
History
 
Hardback First American Printing.
Translated from the German by Hugh Merrick. A historian's view in the mid 20th century--the story of the most dramatic and adventurous discovery and exploration of unknown lands (to other than the native populations)--the stories of the 'discoverers' of the Western Hemisphere- Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci; the pathfinders of the oceans - de Gama, Magellan, Balboa; Conquistadors like Cortes, Pizarro, Coronado, Ponce de Leon; trail-blazers like John Smith, Champlain,
La Salle, von Humboldt, La Condamine; explorers of Africa - Stanley, Livingstone, Mungo Park; Polar explorations of Scott, Amundsen, Nansen, Peary;--and even others. Four illustration sections with historic illustrations, on coated paper,
45 in-text drawings, 16 maps and charts.
 
Green with blue spine and gilt spine title. Mild cover wear with a solid binding and clean pages. About 9-1/2 x 6-1/4 with 412 pp. plus index and bibliography. The jacket (with a protective cover) has a 1-1/2 inch top spine edge tear, an inch plus top fore edge tear/chip and a tiny chip at the center of the spine.