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Off the Map: Tales of Endurance And Exploration - Couverture souple

 
9780802142726: Off the Map: Tales of Endurance And Exploration
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0802142729 ISBN 13 : 9780802142726
Editeur : Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006

Synopsis

On John Franklin's 1820 expedition to find the North-West Passage, Michel Teroahaute cannibalized two team members and was preparing a third when he was caught and killed. When Rene la Salle set off for the Mississippi Delta in 1684, he missed the target by five hundred miles, but on landing immediately built a prison for those who fell asleep on watch. Consummate storyteller Fergus Fleming brings together these and forty-three other gripping stories in Off the Map.

Spanning three ages of exploration, it is a uniquely accessible and supremely entertaining history of adventure and endeavor. Off the Map recounts episodes both classic and forgotten: the "classics" are brought to life in more vivid colors than ever before; the lesser-known stories offer accounts of feats that are no less heroic or extraordinary but have long lain hidden in the undergrowth of history. From the Renaissance golden age of Columbus, da Gama, and Magellan to the twentieth-century heroics of polar explorers such as Peary, Scott, and Amundsen, this is an unforgettable journey into the annals of adventure.

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Éditeur
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0802142729
ISBN 13 
9780802142726
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
528
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Personne responsable
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