books about discoverers/explorers

hi.
I'm seeking recommendations for captivating books that chronicle the remarkable journeys of explorers who dared to venture into the unknown. I'm particularly interested in stories that showcase their courage, resilience, and unwavering thirst for knowledge.
Think tales of Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, Alexander von Humboldt's groundbreaking exploration of the Americas, or Ferdinand Richthofen's pioneering geological expeditions in China.

I haven't read it yet - still on the TBR stack - but On Savage Shores about the journeys of indigenous Americans to the distant and unknown continent of Europe looks extremely interesting and a welcome antidote to the "Europeans discovering the globe" mentality.

(And if you're complaining that Europe wasn't unknown, well, neither were the Americas.)

On Magellan, Stefan Zweig’s Conqueror of the seas is still pretty good, eighty years later, even if he did write it as a cure for boredom on a transatlantic steamer.

On Alexander von Humboldt, the novel Measuring the world is a nicely tongue-in-cheek take, and The invention of nature is a good popular-science re-reading of his influence from a modern viewpoint.

Re: >2 lorax: - Laurent Binet’s novel Civilizations is another fun version of Americans discovering Europe (and conquering it, and building a Mexican pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre…).

I found An African in Greenland quite fascinating, though not sure I would describe it as captivating.

I'm a big fan of The Arctic Grail, a chronology of several Arctic explorers who sought the fabled Northwest Passage and others who tried to reach the North Pole.

thanks. I will check them out.

The River of Doubt, The Lost City of Z, In the Kingdom of Ice, River of the Gods were all books on exploration that I enjoyed.

An oldie, but an excellent book, is Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

thanks for these. these books will surely keep me entertained for a while. and this sseems to be exactly what i am looking for, based on the edescriptions.