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Author : Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
Release : 2014-12-02
Genre : DVD-Video discs
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 122/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration by : Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
Download or read book History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration written by Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius. This book was released on 2014-12-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tony Rice
Release : 2018-05
Genre : Natural history
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 430/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Voyages of Discovery by : Tony Rice
Download or read book Voyages of Discovery written by Tony Rice. This book was released on 2018-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superb artworks and photographs spanning three centuries document advances and watersheds in the field of natural science. The stories behind these images--of explorers, naturalists, artists and photographers--entwine into a fascinating study of human achievement and natural wonder. Among the many stories of adventure and great scientific endeavour are: Sir Hans Sloane's journey to Jamaica in 1687; James Cook's perilous Pacific crossings; and Darwin's historic voyage aboard HMS Beagle. Hand-picked from the vast Library of the Natural History Museum, London, the illustrations and artworks contained here form a rare collection, most of which have been presented for the first time in this stunning book.
Author : Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Release : 2020-08-06
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 672/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Great Journeys in History by : Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Download or read book The Great Journeys in History written by Robin Hanbury-Tenison. This book was released on 2020-08-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, David Livingstone, Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong: these are some of the greatest travellers 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. In antiquity, we follow Alexander the Great to the Indus and Hannibal across the Alps; in medieval times we trek beside Genghis Khan and Ibn Battuta. The Renaissance brought Columbus to the Americas and the circumnavigation of the world. The following centuries saw gaps in the global maps filled by Tasman, Bering and Cook, and journeys made for scientific purposes, most famously by von Humboldt and Darwin. In modern times, the last inhospitable ends of the earth were reached including both poles and the world's highest mountain and new elements were conquered. With evocative photographs, paintings and portraits, The Great Journeys in History reveals the stories 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.
Author : A. L. Rice
Release : 2010-09
Genre : Natural history
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 528/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Voyages of Discovery by : A. L. Rice
Download or read book Voyages of Discovery written by A. L. Rice. This book was released on 2010-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recalls three centuries of natural history exploration, and includes maps and rare drawings, as well as the stories of Captain Cook, Charles Darwin, and other explorers.
Author : Ronald H. Fritze
Release : 2002
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis New Worlds by : Ronald H. Fritze
Download or read book New Worlds written by Ronald H. Fritze. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating narrative history of the great voyages of discovery, and is the only book of its kind to span the crucial period 1400-1600 in one readable book.
