Voyage To The Edge Of The World

Author : Laurence Bergreen
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780061865886

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Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen Pdf

“A first-rate historical page turner.” —New York Times Book Review The acclaimed and bestselling account of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage. Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning biographer and journalist Laurence Bergreen entwines a variety of candid, firsthand accounts, bringing to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed both the way explorers would henceforth navigate the oceans and history itself. Now updated to include a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of Magellan’s voyage.

Author : Alan Denis Edmonds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Hudson Expedition
ISBN : 0771030681

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Voyage to the Edge of the World by Alan Denis Edmonds Pdf

Author : Lesley Sims
Publisher : Educational Development Corporation
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : UOM:39076001682850

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Voyage to the Edge of the World by Lesley Sims Pdf

This book takes the reader on an incredible voyage in search of a fabled city at the edge of the world.

Author : Charles MacLean
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847674722

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Island on the Edge of the World by Charles MacLean Pdf

For more than two thousand years the people of St Kilda remained remote from the world. Their society was viable, utopian even; but in the nineteenth century the islands were discovered by missionaries, do-gooders and tourists, who brought with them money, disease and despotism. In 1930, the few remaining islanders were evacuated, no longer able to support themselves. An exploration of the life and death of the remote Hebridean society, Island on the Edge of the World is a moving account of human endeavour.

Author : Michele Torrey
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780307434098

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To the Edge of the World by Michele Torrey Pdf

ORPHANED BY THE plague and penniless, Mateo must find his way in the world. By chance he is made a cabin boy on the celebrated voyage of Captain-General Ferdinand Magellan. The destination is secret, but the crew whispers that Magellan will be the first to sail east to the Spice Islands by going west—and everyone shall return with untold riches. At sea, Mateo discovers the meaning of friendship, loyalty, and hard work, as well as the delight of first love. But when the ocean rages and brother turns against brother, both Mateo and Magellan are in danger—and it’s not clear if anyone will survive. . . . “Torrey deftly maintains the taut thread of adventure that, along with the cast of memorable characters, keep the pages turning.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred “This deserves to be in the hands of every reader who loves history and adventure.”—Kirkus Reviews

Author : Alan Denis Edmonds
Publisher : Toronto: McClelland and Stewart
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Hudson Expedition
ISBN : UCSD:31822013059126

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Voyage to the Edge of the World by Alan Denis Edmonds Pdf

Account of an expedition to circumnavigate the Americas conducting oceanographic research en route.

Author : Arthur Phillips
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780812985504

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The King at the Edge of the World by Arthur Phillips Pdf

Queen Elizabeth’s spymasters recruit an unlikely agent—the only Muslim in England—for an impossible mission in a mesmerizing novel from “one of the best writers in America” (The Washington Post) “Evokes flashes of Hilary Mantel, John le Carré and Graham Greene, but the wry, tricky plot that drives it is pure Arthur Phillips.”—The Wall Street Journal NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE WASHINGTON POST The year is 1601. Queen Elizabeth I is dying, childless. Her nervous kingdom has no heir. It is a capital crime even to think that Elizabeth will ever die. Potential successors secretly maneuver to be in position when the inevitable occurs. The leading candidate is King James VI of Scotland, but there is a problem. The queen’s spymasters—hardened veterans of a long war on terror and religious extremism—fear that James is not what he appears. He has every reason to claim to be a Protestant, but if he secretly shares his family’s Catholicism, then forty years of religious war will have been for nothing, and a bloodbath will ensue. With time running out, London confronts a seemingly impossible question: What does James truly believe? It falls to Geoffrey Belloc, a secret warrior from the hottest days of England’s religious battles, to devise a test to discover the true nature of King James’s soul. Belloc enlists Mahmoud Ezzedine, a Muslim physician left behind by the last diplomatic visit from the Ottoman Empire, as his undercover agent. The perfect man for the job, Ezzedine is the ultimate outsider, stranded on this cold, wet, and primitive island. He will do almost anything to return home to his wife and son. Arthur Phillips returns with a unique and thrilling novel that will leave readers questioning the nature of truth at every turn.

Author : Rolf Knight
Publisher : New Star Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781554200689

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Voyage Through the Past Century by Rolf Knight Pdf

Though unaffiliated with any institute of higher learning, Rolf Knight has established himself as a writer of significance, and has produced some of the most influential works of history of British Columbia. A Very Ordinary Life, exploring his mother's life as a working–class immigrant to Vancouver, established his reputation in 1974. Indians at Work, published in 1976 and reissued in 1996, was originally highly contentious but has since shaped the perception of "contact" in this part of the world as no other book has. Throughout the 1970s, Knight continued to document working–class experiences in British Columbia through a series of books: A Man of our Times (with Maya Koizumi); Stump Ranch Chronicles; Work Camps and Company Towns; and Along the No. 20 Line (reissued, 2011). In 1992, he published Homer Stevens: A Life in Fishing (with Homer Stevens), and was also awarded a Clio prize by the Canadian Historical Association for his contributions to regional history. In Voyage Through the Past Century, we have Knight's autobiographical account of his far–from–ordinary past: A journey from his early years as the only child at Musketeer Mine, through his move to northeast Vancouver where he attended school and entered university. Earning a PhD in anthropology and subsequent fieldwork in Northern Quebec constitute his formal schooling, but it was Knight's travels––upcoast as a youth, trips to Berlin, Nigeria, New York and Colombia––that shaped his politics and views. Clear–eyed and written with the verve and passion of a working–class activist, Voyage Through the Past Century is an engaging record of a fascinating life, and an indispensable account of a time and place that has marked our age, even as the events that shaped it fade into the past.

Author : Charles H. Lagerbom
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439673201

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Maine to Cape Horn by Charles H. Lagerbom Pdf

Cape Horn conjures up images of wind-whipped waters and desperate mariners in frozen rigging. Long recognized as a maritime touchstone for sailors, it marks the spot where the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans meet in one writhing mass. "Doubling" Cape Horn became the ultimate test, earning a prominent place in Maine maritime history. At the end of South America, it shares longitude 67° west exactly with Cutler, Maine, a direct north-south line of seven thousand miles. Maine Cape Horners were recognized by a golden earring. If they did not survive this most difficult journey in the world, the earring covered the costs of their funeral, should the body ever be found. Maritime historian Charles H. Lagerbom traveled to the end of the world to help research this exciting story of bold Mainers and their exhilarating and oftentimes deadly dance with danger.

Author : Peter Nichols
Publisher : Profile Books(GB)
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05
Category : Single-handed sailing
ISBN : 1846684439

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Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols Pdf

Published to coincide with the Golden Globe Race's 50th AnniversaryIt lay like a gauntlet thrown down; to sail around the world alone and non-stop. No one had ever done it, no one knew if it could be done. In 1968, nine men - six Englishmen, two Frenchmen and an Italian - set out to try, a race born of coincidence of their timing. One didn't even know how to sail. They had more in common with Captain Cook or Ferdinand Magellan than with the high-tech, extreme sailors of today, a mere forty years later. It was not the sea or the weather that determined the nature of their voyages but the men they were, and they were as different from one another as Scott from Amundsen. Only one of the nine crossed the finishing line after ten months at sea. The rest encountered despair, sublimity, madness and even death.

Author : George Vancouver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1801
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : UOM:39015073767595

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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean by George Vancouver Pdf

Author : Tony Bradman
Publisher : Orchard Books
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-06
Category : Argonauts (Greek mythology)
ISBN : 1843624729

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Jason and the Voyage to the Edge of the World by Tony Bradman Pdf

To win back his father's kingdom, Jason must find the fabled Golden Fleece. Many have attempted the perilous journey in search of it and never returned. But Jason and his band of Argonauts set sail determined to succeed! Part of a collection of fun-filled, dynamic and dramatic stories, tales that every aspiring boy-adventurer wants to read.

Author : Christian Beamish
Publisher : Patagonia
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781938340116

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The Voyage of the Cormorant by Christian Beamish Pdf

Christian Beamish, a former editor at The Surfer’s Journal, envisioned a low-tech, self-reliant exploration for surf along the coast of North America, using primarily clothes and instruments available to his ancestors, and the 18-foot boat he would build by hand in his garage. How the vision met reality – and how the two came to shape each other – places Voyage of the Cormorant in the great American tradition of tales of life at sea, and what it has to teach us.

Author : Woodes Rogers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1712
Category : Latin America
ISBN : BSB:BSB10467991

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A Cruising Voyage Round the World by Woodes Rogers Pdf

Author : Billy Connolly
Publisher : Headline Book Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN : 0755318854

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Journey to the Edge of the World by Billy Connolly Pdf

To have Billy Connolly as a personal tour guide through some of the world's most dramatic landscapes in the vast wilderness of the Arctic is to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience only he can offer. In his own quintessential way, this much-loved Scottish comedian, actor, musician and self-proclaimed 'citizen of the world' takes us zig-zagging from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean via Newfoundland, Canada, the Yukon and the Northwest Passage in an epic adventure only recently made possible through global warming. With his infectious enthusiasm and idiosyncratic humour, Billy goes searching for the beauty of ordinariness and bumps into all manner of weird and wonderful people along the way. He learns how to be a bear whisperer, pans for gold with prospectors, learns how to square dance, kayaks through ice floes between fishing trips, runs bare-assed into a sweat lodge, and attempts the finer complexities of the Inuit language. He jams with fiddlers, kisses a cod, goes hunting for Big Foot, and invokes the spirit of the ancients while iceberg-harvesting. With as many laugh-out-loud moments as they are poignant ones, Journey to the Edge of the World is more than just an informative and entertaining travel guide - it is time spent exclusively in the company of an irascible national treasure.