Crack! Thunder fills the night. The rough sea rocks and tosses the ships sailing toward Alexandria, a city in Egypt. But the sailors are not worried. They can see in the distance the bright flames...
The terrible kraken!
For thousands of years, sailors of many European lands told tales of giant octopuses ---octopuses so enormous they could wrap their arms about a ship and drag it beneath the water! These giants were...
The age of exploration
> early globe, made about 1525 About five hundred years ago, sailors from different parts of Europe began to make voyages of exploration. At first, they made short trips south, along the coast of...