Masterworks of travel & exploration

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“The Cosmos extends, for all practical purposes, forever. After a brief sedentary hiatus, we are resuming our ancient nomadic way of life. Our remote descendants, safely arrayed on many worlds throughout the Solar System and beyond, will be unified by their common heritage, by their regard for their home planet, and by the knowledge that, whatever other life may be, the only.

This is by far one of my favorite books on exploration. Percy Fawcett is a character that everyone roots for in a story, but he sadly never makes it back from the depths of the Amazon (this is not a spoiler since the whole book is written as Grann tries to find evidence of their trip).

Masterworks of travel & exploration; digests of 13 great classics. [Richard Davis Mallery] The book of Marco PoloThe journal of the first voyage to America, by C. ColumbusThe principal navigations, voyages, traffiques, and discoveries of the English nation, by R.

HakluytVoyages of discovery, by J. CookTravels in Tartary, Tibet. Additional Physical Format: Online version: Mallery, Richard Davis.

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Free shipping for many products. “This handsome book, from the author of the four-volume "Encyclopedia of Exploration," is a chronological survey of the world's most important and audacious explorations, from the circumnavigation of Africa in B.C.E.

to Roald Amundsen's conquest of the Northwest Passage and well beyond.5/5(6). The book of Marco PoloThe journal of the first voyage to America, by C.

ColumbusThe principal navigations, voyages, traffiques, and discoveries of the Pages:   Consulted by Columbus and the only travel book known to be in the possession of Leonardo da Vinci, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville Author: Guardian Staff. The Great United States Exploring Expedition of Hardcover – June 1, readers pride themselves on their knowledge of history AND NO ONE had ever heard of this amazing and mis-led global exploration by our then young Country.

After years of fumbled preparation, this little fleet of mismatched boats - some weren't big enough to Cited by: I listened to the audio book, and while the narrator possessed greater enthusiasm than skill with regard to accents, the content of the book is really interesting.

It's a free wheeling exploration and I think it's a great read for anyone interested in hiking, 4/5. A companion to the Caldecott Honor Book Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book Jambo Means Hello introduces children to the Swahili alphabet with helpful pronunciation keys, while presenting East African culture and lifestyles through an.

If, like me, you really enjoy good travel writing, and you want an overview of how (mainly western) explorers gradually discovered the planet, then this book is surely for you.

Ray Howgego is probably the most knowledgeable expert in the field and he presents a chronological picture of exploration, in an easily accessible format, which is 5/5(6).

The Book of Exploration elegantly presents more than of the most influential and unusual journeys of discovery, setting each firmly in its historical context. Chronicling the personalities and motivations, the conditions that had to be endured, and the contribution these explorations have made to our knowledge of the world, it is replete.

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Infused with his trademark humor, Twain’s observations of societies and cultures he encountered while traveling were often in stark contrast with what was written in travel guides of the time.

First Footsteps in East Africa or An Exploration of Harar by Richard F. Burton: The Head-Hunters of Borneo: A Narrative of Travel up the Mahakkam and down the Barito; also, Journeyings in Sumatra by Carl Bock: How I Found Livingstone by Henry M. Stanley: In the Forbidden Land by Henry Savage Landor.

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Travel and Exploration Rare & Antiquarian Books. From the first expeditions to the farthest regions of the earth to tourist guides to a Europe of an earlier age, old and antiquarian books on travel and exploration have enthralled collectors for centuries and graced the bookshelves of some of the finest private libraries in the world.

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But it's quick and very interesting. I believe I read through it on a 4 hour flight. I'm actually really glad that I read this book when I was in high school. Books are usually written from a stationary, or non-relativistic POV, where 'travel' is something that spaceships do occasionally.Make Offer - Book of Mormon PIONEER VERSION MASTERWORKS 1st Ed Replica: Founder Sig.

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