The Great Explorers - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 050025169X ISBN 13 : 9780500251690

Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Organized thematically, the book opens with the oceanic journeys of five hundred years ago, when the great era of recorded exploration began. The following sections look at The Land, Rivers, Polar Ice, Deserts, Life on Earth, and New Frontiers Many of these explorers recounted their journeys in vivid firsthand accounts; others were superb artists or photographers. The book features quotes from their journals and reports, and it is illustrated with paintings, photographs, engravings, and maps, so that we can experience their adventures through their own eyes and in their own words Featured explorers include: Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, James Cook, Lewis and Clark, Richard Burton, Samuel de Champlain, David Livingstone, Roald Amundsen, Gertrude Bell, Alexander von Humboldt, Yuri Gagarin, and Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robin Hanbury-Tenison is president of Survival International and has led expeditions in South America and Borneo. His previous books include The Seventy Great Journeys in History and The Modern Explorers, both published by Thames & Hudson.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 050025169X
• ISBN 13: 9780500251690
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Éditeur: Hanbury-Tenison Robin
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