The Great Explorers

Author : Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780500774311

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The Great Explorers by Robin Hanbury-Tenison Pdf

Penetrating biographies written by a group of distinguished travel writers, broadcasters, and historians reveal the lives, motives, and passions of forty major explorers in history. It has always been mankind’s gift, or curse, to be inquisitive, and through the ages people have been driven to explore the limits of the worlds known to them—and beyond. Here are the stories of forty of the world’s greatest explorers from Europe, America, Asia, and Australia. These are men and women who changed our perception of the world through their courageous adventures. Organized thematically, the book opens with the oceanic journeys of five hundred years ago, when the great era of recorded exploration began. The following sections look at The Land, Rivers, Polar Ice, Deserts, Life on Earth, and New Frontiers. Many of these explorers recounted their journeys in vivid firsthand accounts; others were superb artists or photographers. The book features quotes from their journals and reports, and it is illustrated with paintings, photographs, engravings, and maps, so that we can experience their adventures through their own eyes and in their own words. Featured explorers include: Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, James Cook, Lewis and Clark, Richard Burton, Samuel de Champlain, David Livingstone, Roald Amundsen, Gertrude Bell, Alexander von Humboldt, Yuri Gagarin, and Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

Author : Ralph L. Kliem
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000540659

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Management Lessons from the Great Explorers by Ralph L. Kliem Pdf

The early explorers up through those of the early part of the last century were the supreme users of management practices that have been formalized today. Their expeditions had all the characteristics of a business project: goal setting, strategizing, applying finite resources, risk-taking, keeping people, dealing with competitors, and many others. During actual expeditions, the leaders faced many risks, issues, and conflicts that challenge the best leaders today, from small to large enterprises. Like all projects and business ventures, the expeditions met their goal, either partially or entirely, and in some cases even exceeded it or failed it completely. Management Lessons from the Great Explorers selects the most famous, and in some cases infamous, explorers to discuss and analyze the good and bad management practices—even though these explorers may have never called them management practices—they used before, during, and even after their expeditions. Each chapter provides historical background about one explorer and the details about their explorations. The chapters then discuss the challenges the explorers faced when planning and executing their expeditions and examine their successes and failures from a management perspective. The book will help managers to Manage unexpected and potentially catastrophic risks Set goals that open up new horizons Communicate effectively with team members Lead teams through hardships and difficulties The final chapter gives lessons learned that managers may take from the book and apply to their own business undertakings. These lessons include Learning from experience Having a strong sponsor and team Relying on data and information Applying risk management and adapting to changing circumstances Implementing unity of command and defining roles and responsibilities Identifying and understanding stakeholders Being decisive Being willing to say no

Author : Chris Judge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 1849394016

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The Great Explorer by Chris Judge Pdf

When a famous explorer goes missing in the North Pole, his son, Tom, decides he must find him. And so a daring adventure begins across the treacherous icy terrain of the North Pole. Will Tom be able overcome the many challenges ahead and find his father?

Author : Rosemary Burton,Richard Cavendish,Bernard Stonehouse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001-11
Category : Discoveries in geography
ISBN : 0749531894

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Journeys of the Great Explorers by Rosemary Burton,Richard Cavendish,Bernard Stonehouse Pdf

Author : Beau Riffenburgh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0233005277

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The Great Explorers by Beau Riffenburgh Pdf

Chart the Golden Age of Exploration, from the Vikings to the circumnavigation of the globe. This book is created in collaboration with the Royal Geographic Society. Covering professional explorers, botanists hunting for undiscovered plants, missionaries spreading Christianity, pioneering women, and the aristocratic and downright eccentric, The Great Explorers takes you to a world still waiting to be discovered. Covering everything from the early Chinese travellers to the first European arrivals in the Americas and beyond, this stunning volume recounts both familiar and unfamiliar voyages through a series of beautiful maps and plans in the explorers' own hand.

Author : Helen Whybrow
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0393326535

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Dead Reckoning by Helen Whybrow Pdf

There are few thrills as exciting as weather at its worst. We often hear on the news that the day was the hottest, coldest, wettest, or snowiest on record. Is the climate really becoming more extreme as a result of global warming? The facts are in this book. Extensively illustrated with colour photographs of some of the most extreme weather ever captured on camera, more than fifty colour maps, and tables of weather records for over three hundred U.S. cities, this book is both an entertainment and an indispensable reference. Also included are historical examples of some of the more bizarre weather events observed: heat bursts, electrified dust storms, snow rollers, pink snowstorms, luminous tornadoes, falls of fish and toads, ball lightning, super bolts, and other strange meteorological events. Here's the must-have book for Weather Channel and Guinness Book of World Records fans.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Paw Prints
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1442068027

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The Picture History of Great Explorers by Anonim Pdf

A fun, informative, chronological guide to the history of world explorers. This book begins with the ancient explorers, such as Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, and includes the reasons behind exploration, and how technology and exploration have gone hand-in-hand throughout history.

Author : Nellie Huang
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781465481573

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Explorers by Nellie Huang Pdf

Live and see the world through the eyes of 50 of the world's greatest explorers and their trusty companions! This book for kids is brimming with first-person accounts of gripping adventures in explorers' own words. Find exciting tales complemented by rare maps, specially commissioned photographs, and artworks that re-create history's greatest expeditions. Get ready to take a leap into the unknown… An adventure book that will surely rival even the most thrilling adventure movies! You'll meet some of the most famous explorers and adventurers of all time in this exciting non-fiction storybook for children. Great explorers have one thing in common - a desire to leap into the unknown, no matter the dangers it presents. This book will take you through Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation of the world 500 years ago to Barbara Hillary's treks to the North and South poles while in her seventies, and beyond. This knowledge book documents the stories of men and women who rewrote our understanding of the world and inspired us by pushing the boundaries of human capability. A kid's educational book that looks at the towering achievements of more than 50 explorers from all walks of life in great detail. See sensational cross-sections revealing the amazing detail inside Spanish galleons, lost cities, and spaceships. Magnificent photographs highlight the artifacts and relics they found along the way, while hand-drawn maps reveal their intrepid journeys in such detail, you feel as though you could be walking in their very footsteps. It is a glorious introduction to history's most famous trailblazers - people whose courage opened frontiers turned voids into maps, forged nations, connected cultures, and added to humankind's knowledge of the world by leaps and bounds. Packed with jaw-dropping fun facts about the world and written so beautifully it will get your heart racing. Explorers is the perfect kid's book for any young mind with an avid sense of adventure! Explore Unknown Waters – Take To The Skies – Investigate Our Planet! For centuries, explorers have been unable to resist the secrets of the sea. We have looked toward the skies and stars since the beginning of time. Through dense jungles, dry desserts, and frozen mountains we have pushed the very limits of human endurance in the name of exploration and adventure! These tales are not for the faint of heart - these adventurers faced challenges that threatened their very survival! Their courage has allowed us to collect a wealth of knowledge about our awe-inspiring universe. Set sail to faraway frozen lands, defy gravity and take to the skies, and investigate our planet through the stories of those who came before us. Happy exploring! Learn about the explorers who defied the so-called possibilities of their time in: - Sea & Ice - Air & Space - And Land

Author : Joshua George
Publisher : Lift-the-flap History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Discoveries in geography
ISBN : 1789584361

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Famous Explorers by Joshua George Pdf

Travel back in time with these fascinating and funny lift-the-flap books! From Dinosaurs to Ancient Egyptians, each humorous scene is packed with facts and interactive flaps that bring history to life.

Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 779 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : America
ISBN : 9780195042221

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The Great Explorers by Samuel Eliot Morison Pdf

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 : Roderic Owen
Publisher : Sterling/Main Street
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Adventure and adventurers
ISBN : 1898799423

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Great Explorers by Roderic Owen Pdf

Recounts the harrowing adventures of over forty courageous pioneers such as Alexander the Great, Marco Polo, David Livingston, Robert Scott, and Neil Armstrong.

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Discoveries in geography
ISBN : MSU:31293023297868

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The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by Jules Verne Pdf

Author : Gillian Clements
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Discoveries in geography
ISBN : 0329732943

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The Picture History of Great Explorers by Gillian Clements Pdf

Travel through time learning about great explorers.

Author : James Buckley, Jr,DK
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780241344996

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Great Explorers by James Buckley, Jr,DK Pdf

Join the explorers and heroes that have dared to go where no-one has before. DK Reader Great Explorers is packed with fascinating facts about heroic explorers for kids just beginning to read fluently with support. From historical explorers such as Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus, to modern explorers like Bear Grylls and Erik Weihenmayer, this book covers all bases for kids interested in exploration. DK's innovative range of levelled readers combines a highly visual approach with non-fiction narratives that children will love reading. DK Reader Great Explorers is a Level 2 reader, Beginning to Read, offering a delightful narrative for young children to encourage an interest in and desire to read. Simple sentences are used with an emphasis on frequently used words with strong visual clues and labels introducing and reinforcing vocabulary. Additional information spreads feature extra facts for kids that build on the topic further. There's also a fun quiz to develop reading comprehension.

Author : Matthew James
Publisher : New Word City
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612309620

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The Great Explorers by Matthew James Pdf

From our modern perspective, it's difficult to imagine a time when the earth still contained mysteries and men headed out in wooden boats on journeys into the unknown. But that was not the case during the Age of Exploration. The Great Explorers tells the dramatic stories of the four men whose expeditions helped define this era: Bartolomeu Dias, Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Ferdinand Magellan. They were demanding and imperfect leaders, single-minded in the pursuit of their goals. Their exploits on the high seas changed the course of civilization and helped create the modern world.