CURIOSITY, Adventure Travel, Exploration, Trade, War, Murder: The European Expansion, 15th to 20th Century - Couverture souple

Read, James B.

 
9781539496366: CURIOSITY, Adventure Travel, Exploration, Trade, War, Murder: The European Expansion, 15th to 20th Century
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1539496368 ISBN 13 : 9781539496366
Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

A fast-paced narrative exploration of adventure, discovery, and murder while each evolving empire seeks to annihilate the current owner of the trade monopoly. This maritime history, unwinding through the eyes of a sailor, is both educational and engaging on a personal level. Consider whether Marco Polo was for real, did Prince Henry the Navigator, by himself, open the curtain for discovery, why did the Portuguese Empire barely last one hundred years, how did an Egyptian scientist determine the circumference of the earth long before Christ, what was the medieval stopwatch, how did a one-armed, one-eyed, 135-pound British sailor upstage Napoleon at every opportunity and prevent an invasion from France? This and much more.

The second book inside this cover is a themed travelogue with boots-on-the-ground personal adventure travel and discovery, which includes the inspiration to take on this project.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l?auteur

Read was inspired to write this maritime history and travelogue after visiting the island of Ternate, the spice island that drew so many European explorers.

Read is a retired engineer who now spends much of his time backpacking, adventure traveling, and sailing. He has patented a marine self-rescue device and is an amateur radio operator, marine historian, astronomer, and telescope maker. He plans to personally hand out copies of this book to the friends in Indonesia who inspired its writing.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1539496368
ISBN 13 
9781539496366
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author
https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us

c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy
Luxembourg
L-1855
Luxembourg

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781684702848: Curiosity, Adventure Travel, Exploration, Trade, War, Murder: The European Expansion, 15th to 20th Century

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1684702844 ISBN 13 :  9781684702848
Editeur : Lulu Publishing Services, 2019
Couverture souple