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Author : Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : DVD-Video discs
ISBN : 1598039121
Author : Tony Rice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05
Category : Natural history
ISBN : 0565094432
Superb artworks and photographs spanning three centuries document advances and watersheds in the field of natural science. The stories behind these images--of explorers, naturalists, artists and photographers--entwine into a fascinating study of human achievement and natural wonder. Among the many stories of adventure and great scientific endeavour are: Sir Hans Sloane's journey to Jamaica in 1687; James Cook's perilous Pacific crossings; and Darwin's historic voyage aboard HMS Beagle. Hand-picked from the vast Library of the Natural History Museum, London, the illustrations and artworks contained here form a rare collection, most of which have been presented for the first time in this stunning book.
Author : Ronald H. Fritze
Publisher : History Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015051923145
A fascinating narrative history of the great voyages of discovery, and is the only book of its kind to span the crucial period 1400-1600 in one readable book.
Author : Jacques Brosse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Discoveries in geography
ISBN : 0949135003
Author : A. L. Rice,Tony Rice
Publisher : Natural History Museum
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09
Category : Natural history
ISBN : 0565092529
Recalls three centuries of natural history exploration, and includes maps and rare drawings, as well as the stories of Captain Cook, Charles Darwin, and other explorers.
Author : Björn Landström
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Discoveries in geography
ISBN : 0385017634
Author : Roald Amundsen
Publisher : White Star Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : 8854402176
Part historical essay, part scientific article, and part enthralling diary-Roald Amundsen's (1872-1928) book presents intriguing documentation about how his expedition reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911, just one month ahead of his rival, Robert Scott. Amundsen organized his gripping account using what is referred to in the film industry as the zooming technique. It starts in the past, examining the history of Antarctic exploration in different eras, and then moves ahead to describe how his own expedition was created, its organization, the slow stages involved in preparing for departure and, finally, the heart-stopping excitement of the race to the South Pole. Supplementing the vivid first-person text are black-and-white archival photographs illustrating the actual expedition, and color photographs depicting the landscape of Antarctica.
Author : Björn Landström
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Discoveries in geography
ISBN : LCCN:64021301
Author : John Rigby Hale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Discoveries (in geography)
ISBN : UOM:39015017670715
Presented by H.S. Rhee, n.d.
Author : Nigel Rigby,Pieter van der Merwe,Glyn Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472957740
Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. His voyage of exploration to the Pacific in HM bark Endeavour, commencing in 1768, lasted almost three years, recorded thousands of miles of uncharted lands and seas – including New Zealand, the east coast of Australia and many Pacific islands – and tested all Cook's skills as a navigator, seaman and leader. His voyages were among the first to take civilian scientists, notably Sir Joseph Banks, and they revealed to European eyes the mysterious and exotic lands, peoples, flora and fauna of the Pacific, never before seen. But while Cook understandably dominates the story of 18th-century Pacific exploration, the achievements of those who followed him on many voyages of science and exploration into the Pacific have been neglected and deprived of the greater attention they deserve. Correcting this imbalance, Pacific Exploration explores the European voyages that continued Cook's work not only of charting but also starting to exploit and control the Pacific. These voyages, by William Bligh, George Vancouver, Matthew Flinders, Malaspina, Lapérouse and Arthur Phillip, span a period that saw Britain becoming the world's leading maritime power, a situation well in place by the time that Charles Darwin's voyage in Fitzroy's Beagle laid the basis of even greater understanding of the development of life on earth. Recounting and illustrating these achievements and legacies using fascinating text and beautiful illustrations and artworks from the period, this book explores topics of scientific discovery, engagement with indigenous peoples, the use of shipboard artists and scientists, the growing professionalism of the hydrographic service, the vessels used and the colonial, commercial and imperial contexts of the voyages.
Author : Deborah Patterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Discoveries in geography
ISBN : 0712352856
Discover the world through the eyes of the greatest explorers in history. Find out how the world was first circumnavigated by a slave and how travelers overcame the challenge of not having enough to eat and drink while traveling through unknown territory. Experience the excitement of seeing a new land for the first time, tasting new fruits and discovering new animals. This book focuses on 15 key voyages from around the world: the journeys undertaken by Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Zheng He, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Martin Frobisher, Francis Drake, Maria Sibylla Merian, Captain Cook, Lewis & Clark, Charles Darwin, David Livingstone, Gertrude Bell, Ernest Shackleton, and astronauts who took part in the Moon landings.
Author : Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780500775684
A lively collection of the adventurous stories of the greatest explorers in history. Ferdinand Magellan, Genghis Khan, Thor Heyerdahl, Amelia Earhart, and Neil Armstrong: these are some of the greatest travelers of all time. This book chronicles their stories and many more, describing epic voyages—from early trips through the great port city of Alexandria to the latest journeys into space. In antiquity, we follow Alexander the Great to the Indus and Hannibal across the Alps; in medieval times, we trek beside Genghis Khan and Ibn Battuta. The Renaissance eventually led to Columbus visiting the Americas and to the circumnavigation of the world. In the following centuries, global maps are filled in by Abel Tasman, Vitus Bering, and James Cook. Journeys specifically made for scientific discoveries, most famously by Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin, begin. In modern times, the ends of the earth were reached—including both poles and the world’s highest mountain. Editor Robin Hanbury-Tenison leads an incredible team of fifty-two contributors, including Robert Ballard and Ranulph Fiennes, who relate firsthand experiences with the journeys and places they describe. The Great Journeys in History chronicles the stories of bold, early travelers who explored the unexplored and who set out into the unknown, bringing alive the romance and thrill of adventure.
Author : Andrés Reséndez
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781328515971
The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery--and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to history It began with a secret mission, no expenses spared. Spain, plotting to break Portugal's monopoly trade with the fabled Orient, set sail from a hidden Mexican port to cross the Pacific--and then, critically, to attempt the never-before-accomplished return, the vuelta. Four ships set out from Navidad, each one carrying a dream team of navigators. The smallest ship, guided by seaman Lope Martín, a mulatto who had risen through the ranks to become one of the most qualified pilots of the era, soon pulled far ahead and became mysteriously lost from the fleet. It was the beginning of a voyage of epic scope, featuring mutiny, murderous encounters with Pacific islanders, astonishing physical hardships--and at last a triumphant return to the New World. But the pilot of the fleet's flagship, the Augustine friar mariner Andrés de Urdaneta, later caught up with Martín to achieve the vuelta as well. It was he who now basked in glory, while Lope Martín was secretly sentenced to be hanged by the Spanish crown as repayment for his services. Acclaimed historian Andrés Reséndez, through brilliant scholarship and riveting storytelling--including an astonishing outcome for the resilient Lope Martín--sets the record straight.
Author : Tony Rice,David Bellamy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Natural history
ISBN : 1902686063
This is a visual record of some of the most significant and beautiful discoveries in the history of natural science explorations. The photographs and artwork span three centuries and document advances and watersheds in the field of natural science. The stories behind these images - of explorers, naturalists, artists and photographers - entwine in a study of human achievement and natural wonder.
Author : Margarette Lincoln
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0851158366
This volume contains studies of scientific and cultural discoveries made on Cook's 1768-7 voyage to the South Sea in Endeavour, and issues emerging from this and successive Pacific voyages.
