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Morison, Samuel Eliiot

 
9780195023145: The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America
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ISBN 10 : 0195023145 ISBN 13 : 9780195023145
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1978

Synopsis

The late Samuel Eliot Morison was one of the most eminent American historians of the 20th century. The Great Explorers, an abridgement of his two-volume magnum opus, The European Discovery of America, vividly describes the early voyages that led to the discovery of the New World. Based on Morison's own trips, by plane, to the places the early discoverers landed, and on massive research into their maps, travelogues, and means of navigation, it tells, as no other book does, what the experience of these early explorers was. Morison describes their fear of sailing uncharted waters, their encounters with natives, their joy--and surprise--at discovering new land, and enriches his story with the photographs and maps he made while retracing the great voyages.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The late Samuel Eliot Morison was one of the most eminent American historians of the 20th century. The Great Explorers, an abridgement of his two-volume magnum opus, The European Discovery of America, vividly describes the early voyages that led to the discovery of the New World. Based on Morison's own trips, by plane, to the places the early discoverers landed, and on massive research into their maps, travelogues, and means of navigation, it tells, as no other book does, what the experience of these early explorers was. Morison describes their fear of sailing uncharted waters, their encounters with natives, their joy--and surprise--at discovering new land, and enriches his story with the photographs and maps he made while retracing the great voyages.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
1978
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195023145
ISBN 13 
9780195023145
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
784
Coordonnées du fabricant
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