The Oxford Book of Exploration - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0192142089 ISBN 13 : 9780192142085

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1993

Synopsis

Selected by Robin Hanbury-Tenison this is a comprehensive anthology of the writings of explorers through the ages. These are the words of those who changed the world through their pioneering search for new lands, new peoples, and new experiences. The anthology does not aim to include every moment of discovery, but to give a flavour of the emotions and motives of those who took part in the major events of exploration. Divided into geographical sections, the book takes the reader: to Asia with Vasco da Gama, Edmund Hillary and Wilfrid Thesiger; to the Americas with Cortes, Frobisher and Cabot; to the Pacific with Drake, Banks, and Bougainville; to Africa with Burton, Livingstone and Stanley; and to the Poles with Peary, Amundsen and Scott. The legendary explorers were those lucky and determined enough to discover something which changed the rest of the world's view of itself. Men like Marco Polo, Columbus, Magellan and Cook revealed previously unknown continents and cultures because they were prepared to go beyond what others saw as reasonable limits. All the explorers in this book share a fortitude and self-awareness which carried them through the severest hardships - cold, heat, illness, hunger or starvation. Their failures are often as illuminating as their successes, revealing what it was that drove them to go beyond the possible, and so merit the name - explorer. Other works by Robin Hanbury-Tenison include "Mulu: The Rainforest", "White Horses over France", "A Ride Along the Great Wall", "The Rainforests" A Celebration" and his autobiography, "Worlds Apart".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Selected by Robin Hanbury-Tenison, described by the Sunday Times as the 'greatest explorer of the last twenty years', this is a comprehensive anthology of the writings of explorers through the ages, now fully revised and updated. The ultimate in travel writing, these are the words of those who changed the world through their pioneering search for new lands, new peoples, and new experiences. Divided into geographical sections, the book takes us to Asia with Vasco da Gama, Francis Younghusband, and Wilfred Thesiger, to the Americas with John Cabot, Sir Francis Drake, and Alexander Von Humboldt, to Africa with Dr David Livingstone and Mary Kingsley, to the Pacific with Ferdinand Magellan and James Cook, and to the Poles with Robert Peary and Wally Herbert. Driven by a desire to discover that transcends all other considerations, the vivid writings of these extraordinary people reveal what makes them go beyond the possible and earn the right to be known as

Revue de presse

Review from previous edition . . . fascinating anthology . . . this goldmine of a book can be dipped into on any page. (Brian Maye, Irish Times)

riveting reading (The Journal)

The editor's confident grasp of his subject shines through in this truly entertaining anthology. (Literary Review)

[An] enthralling archive. (The Times Summer Reading)

boasting a glorious cover this book offers thrills galore (The Independent)

Without doubt, this is still the best compendium of pioneer travellers' tales for any explorer's rucksack - and is likely to remain so for a long time to come. (TLS)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192142089
• ISBN 13: 9780192142085
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 542
• Éditeur: Hanbury-Tenison Robin
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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