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

Morison, Samuel Eliot

 
9780195042221: The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0195042220 ISBN 13 : 9780195042221
Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1987

Synopsis

An abridgement of the two-volume work, The European Discovery of America, which describes the early voyages that led to the discovery of the New World.

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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

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Éditeur
Oxford Paperbacks
Date d'édition
1987
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195042220
ISBN 13 
9780195042221
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
784
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780195023145: The Great Explorers: The European Discovery of America

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0195023145 ISBN 13 :  9780195023145
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1978
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