The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America - Couverture souple

Morison, Samuel Eliot

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195042220 ISBN 13 : 9780195042221

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1987

Synopsis

Book by Morison Samuel Eliot

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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.

Revue de presse

'An exemplary work of historical writing.' Newsweek

`a most enthralling book into which one may dip at leisure...the whole is incredible value for money.' Mariner's Mirror

'This edition is a major welcome and handy reference to the major explorations, written by one of the most eminent historians of the century and the author of numerous scholarly and poplular histories.' Bookman's Weekly

'It is almost impossible to put the book down ... This edition is extremely good value and should appeal equally to historians, sailors and navigators.'Journal of Navigation

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0195042220
• ISBN 13: 9780195042221
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 784