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The seventy great journeys in history / edited by Robin Hanbury-Tenison.

Hanbury-Tenison, Robin. (Added Author).

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Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, David Livingstone, Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong: these are some of the greatest travelers of all time. This book chronicles their stories and many more, describing epic voyages of discovery from the extraordinary migrations out of Africa by our earliest ancestors to the latest voyages into space. With hundreds of evocative photographs, paintings, and portraits, plus specially commissioned maps, "The Seventy Great Journeys in History" reveals the stories and personalities of those who were there first, who explored the unexplored and who set out into the unknown, bringing alive the romance and thrill of travel. -- From publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0500251290
  • ISBN: 9780500251294
  • Physical Description: 304 pages : color illustrations, color maps, portraits ; 27 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Thames & Hudson, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"With 420 illustrations, 331 in color."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-296) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Ancient world. Out of Africa ; Into a New World ; Early Pacific voyagers ; Egyptian explorers ; Herodotus ; Xenophon ; Alexander the Great ; Pytheas the Greek ; Hannibal ; 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 ; Hernán Cortés ; 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-François de Lapérouse ; Alexander Mackenzie ; Mungo Park -- 19th century. Alexander von Humboldt ; Lewis & Clark ; Jean Louis Burckhardt ; Charles Darwin & the Beagle ; The Trail of Tears ; Journeys into the Mexican jungle ; Later searchers 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.
Subject:
Discoveries in geography.
Voyages and travels.
Travelers > Anecdotes.
Adventure and adventurers.
Travelers' writings, English.
Genre:
Anecdotes.

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