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Author : Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : DVD-Video discs
ISBN : 1598039121
Author : A. L. Rice,Tony Rice,David Bellamy
Publisher : Firefly Books Limited
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1554074142
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 : Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 42,7 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 : Roald Amundsen
Publisher : White Star Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 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 : Jules Verne
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 1102 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9788027223350
This 3 Volume series takes the readers on an unforgettable journey from 505 BCE till 19th Century recounting extraordinary tales of exploration and navigators. Verne's knowledge is truly remarkable and vast which he has also used in his great science fiction classics and adventure stories and thus, showing the depth of his literary prowess. Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist who pioneered the genre of science fiction.A true visionary with an extraordinary talent for writing adventure stories, his writings incorporated the latest scientific knowledge of his day and envisioned technological developments that were years ahead of their time.
Author : William Fordyce Mavor
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1022805193
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages is a sweeping survey of the world's greatest explorers. Mavor covers some of the most famous journeys in human history, from Columbus's discovery of the New World to the expeditions of Lewis and Clark in North America. The book offers a glimpse into the motivations and methods of some of history's most intrepid adventurers, and provides a broad overview of the geopolitical landscape of the era. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of exploration and discovery. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 779 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : America
ISBN : 9780195042221
This abridgement of the late Samuel Eliot Morison's magnum opus, The European Discovery of America, which the Journal of Southern History called "an epic work of true grandeur," and the Virginia Quarterly Review considered "a great book by a great historian," preserves the originality, scholarship, and vivid descriptions of the original volumes.
Author : P. L. Firstbrook
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart Limited
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Science
ISBN : 0771031211
On 24 June 1497, the Genoese adventurer John Cabot, bearing letters patent from King Henry VII, became the first European known to have set foot in North America. (Cabot’s contemporary, Christopher Columbus, never actually landed in North America. To his dying day he thought it was the Orient.) Cabot’s triumphant appropriation of the “New Founde Land” for England capped one of the great maritime adventures of the late fifteenth century. Five hundred years later, the Matthew, a painstakingly constructed replica of Cabot’s three-masted caravel, sailed from Bristol, England, to Bonavista, Newfoundland. Her arrival marked the culmination of a maritime adventure as daring in its way as the voyage it commemorates. This time, however, the trials of the captain and sailors on board were recorded on camera and in reporters' notebooks for armchair onlookers to enjoy. Peter Firstbrook has been intimately involved in the recreation of Cabot’s voyage, from the laying down of the modern-day Matthew’s keel in 1993 to its sea trials in 1996 and the voyage itself in 1997. In these pages he relates all that is known about the fifteenth-century adventurer and describes the many challenges that confronted the team that set out to replicate his voyage. The book concludes, like Cabot’s own life, with a mystery: there is no record of how the great seafarer ended his days. He may have simply retired. He may have been lost in a storm on his last attempted voyage to America. Or he may, in fact, have returned to the newly discovered continent only to be murdered by a notorious Spanish buccaneer. This is a finely wrought story of adventure and discovery that will delight and entertain readers on both sides of the Atlantic.
Author : Björn Landström
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Discoveries in geography
ISBN : 0385017634
Author : Rosemary Burton,Richard Cavendish,Bernard Stonehouse
Publisher : Checkmark Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Science
ISBN : 0816028400
Tells the stories of explorers from Alexander the Great, Eric the Red, and Marco Polo to Roald Amundsen, Freya Stark, and Thor Heyerdahl
Author : DK
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Page : 1106 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780241583319
From the earliest migrations to the dawn of space tourism, experience the excitement of travel throughout the ages in this gloriously illustrated book! The quest for adventure has defined human history since the beginning of time. Whether it be for food, pilgrimages, trade, or scientific curiosity, people have been compelled to set forth into the wild for centuries. Trace their incredible journeys in this beautifully illustrated book! From the first trade networks in ancient Sumer, to the Crusades, the Grand Tour, and the Voyager missions in outer space. This enthralling visual history of travel includes maps, paintings, photographs, and journal entries to fascinate every armchair traveler. Be transported through space and time with the only comprehensive and fully illustrated book on the history of travel. Inside it you'll find: -Stories of great exploration, migration, and scientific discovery, accompanied by historic maps, paintings and photographs. -Themed spreads and feature panels explaining developments in history, geography, religion, and science -Catalog pages showcasing the evolution of transport networks across the globe -A foreword written by adventurer and New York Times bestselling author, Simon Reeve -An optional 80-page illustrated directory profiling great explorers and expeditions Voyage with vikings, and pursue plundering pirates! From the ancient travels of Odysseus, to Pizarro's conquest of Peru, follow the biographies of pioneering travellers, intrepid explorers, and cruel conquerors. Gripping eye-witness accounts transport you to former times, bringing pivotal moments of historical, scientific, and religious discovery to vivid life. Ever wondered what it would feel like to be the first in flight? Or to be a part of The Great Northern Expedition? Learn all of the technological innovations in railways, ships, cars, and aviation that facilitated the greatest journeys of humankind. This book is sure to take you far away from the confines of your living room. Prepare for the journey of a lifetime, perfect for anyone interested in history, migration, and human adventure!
Author : Samuel Bawlf
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926706245
In The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, Samuel Bawlf offers fascinating insight into life at sea in the sixteenth century, from the dangers of mutiny and the difficulty of understanding patterns of wind and current to the arduous physical challenges faced every day by Drake’s men. But it is Bawlf's assertion of Drake’s whereabouts in the summer of 1579 that gives his book its exciting originality. Based especially on his seminal study of maps produced after the voyage, Bawlf shows with certainty that Drake sailed all the way to Alaska, much farther north than anyone has heretofore imagined, thereby rewriting the history of exploration. He was, Bawlf claims, in search of the western entrance to the fabled Northwest Passage, at which he planned to found England’s first colony, and wrest control of the Pacific from Spain. Drake’s voyage was in fact so far ahead of its time that another 200 years would pass before the eighteenth-century explorers of record reached the northwest coast of North America.
Author : Tony Rice,David Bellamy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 44,9 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 : Ronald H. Fritze
Publisher : History Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,8 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 : A. L. Rice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Natural history
ISBN : 0565092308
Voyages of Discovery is a mesmerising visual record of the ten most significant natural historic expeditions. Among the many stories of adventure and grear scientific endevour are: Sir Hans Sloane's journey to Jamaica in 1687; James Cook's perilous Pacific crossings; and Darwin's historic voyage aboar HMS Beagle. Hand picked from the vast library of the Natural History Museum, London, the illustrations and artwork contained form a rare collection , most of which are exclusively presented in this stunning book.
