Jon Balchin

Foreword To be alive today is to be confronted by the products of science. Science has given us television, the internal combustion engine, the aeroplane, and the computer, to name but a few. Yet consumer products such as these are but one aspect of the benefits science can bring to mankind. Too...

Chapter 1 BEYOND THE PILLARS OF HERCULES: The Discovery of Europe Europe is the forgotten continent of exploration. In the rush to recall the myriad glorious expeditions that departed her shores in order to unveil the world, history often neglects the earlier exploration of Europe...