Journeys over Land and Sea combines both written text and visual elements to convey the impact of a physical journey of exploration on human kind's knowledge and worldview. This text relates well to the concept of a journey; it describes the history of exploration and informs readers of the collection of "travel voyages that document the ever-expanding world view of humankind."

Journeys over Land and Sea introduce the concept of pioneering and explain why people journey to new lands to anyone accessing the website on which it is displayed and those particularly interested in this exhibition, A Smithsonian Libraries Exhibition.

This information is delivered factually, yet not unfriendly, it is actually rather motivational.

The first paragraph uses inspirational words and phrases "compel", "pushed beyond their boundaries" this paragraph is a great introduction using descriptive language to motivate the reader. The second paragraph is informative, factual and formal, this...