ID | 008084 |
Call Number | 910.9/HAN |
Title Proper | Seventy great journeys in history |
Language | ENG |
Author | Hanbury-Tenison, Robin (ed.) |
Publication | Great Britain, Thames & Hudson, 2006. |
Description | 304p Black Spine |
Note | A book of fascinating stories of explorers from ancient and modern times, including space exploration who set out to make remarkable journeys. |
Note | Ancient World - Out of Africa Into a new world Early Pacific voyagers Egyptian explorers Herodotus Xenophon St Paul The emperor Hadrian
Medieval world - Early Chinese travellers on the Silk Road Early voyagers to America Christian pilgrimages Muslim pilgrimages Genghis Khan Marco Polo Ibn Battuta Zheng He, the Grand Eunuch
The Renaissance - Christopher Columbus Vasco da Gama Ludovico di Varthema Ferdinand Magellan Hernan Cortes Francisco Pizarro Francisco de Orellana Early explorers of North America Francis Drake Samuel de Champlain Early searchers for the northwest passage
17th & 18th Centuries - Abel Tasman Maria Sibylla Merian Ippolito Desideri Vitus Bering James Bruce James Cook Jean-Francois de Laperouse Alexander Mackenzie Mungo Park
19th Century - Alexander von Humboldt Lewis & Clark Jean Louis Burckhdart Charles Darwin & the Beagle The Trail of tears Journeys into the Mexican jungle Later searches for the Northwest passage Heinrich Barth & the Central African Mission Search for the source of the Nile Crossing Australia Into the heart of Africa The Mekong River expedition Travels in Arabia Deserta The northeast passage The Pundits explore Tibet Exploring Central & East Asia
Modern Times - Journeys across Asia To the North Pole Race to the South Pole Shackleton & the Endurance Women travellers in Asia First to fly the Atlantic Solo Women pioneers of flight The Long March Thor Heyerdahl & the Kon-Tiki Scaling Everest Single-handed around the world To the Moon and back Voyages to the bottom of the ocean Round the world by balloon Mars, Jupiter and beyond |
Standard Number | 0500251290 |
Price. Qualification | Rs.1437(Hb) |
Classification Number | 910.9 |
Key Words | IGCSE ; Voyages and travels ; Discoveries in geography ; Travelers - Anecdotes ; Adventure and adventurers ; Travelers' writings, English |