| Publication |
Great Britain, Thames & Hudson, 2006.
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| Description |
304pBlack Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
A book of fascinating stories of explorers from ancient and modern times, including space exploration who set out to make remarkable journeys.
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| Contents |
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
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| Standard Number |
0500251290 Hb.
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