Book Description
Based on 10 years of research, this text provides a visual history which presents the names and stories of over 80 women explorers. It reveals the obstacles they overcame in their inspiring quest for new knowledge.
Author : Milbry Polk
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 24,74 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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Based on 10 years of research, this text provides a visual history which presents the names and stories of over 80 women explorers. It reveals the obstacles they overcame in their inspiring quest for new knowledge.
Author : Milbry Polk
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 34,31 MB
Release : 2001-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780676793895
Across the centuries and from many lands, women have set forth on journeys of exploration. Visionaries, adventurers, artists, and scientists, these women challenged the limitations, both physical and social, of their times and, in the face of formidable challenges, expanded the world's body of knowledge. Yet despite their extraordinary achievements, they have remained unknown and unsung for too long. No longer. The stories of more than eighty extraordinary explorers and adventurers are vividly recounted and stunningly illustrated in Women of Discovery. Here for the first time are gathered the tales of early voyagers, such as the valiant tenth-century Viking adventurer Unn the Deep Minded and seventeenth-century Spanish conquistadora Catalina de Erauso. Intrepid explorers like Mary Kingsley in Africa, Alexandra David-Neel in Tibet, and Freya Stark in the Middle East traveled fearlessly into the blank spaces on the map. Artist explorers, including the great botanical painter Anna Maria Sibylla Merian in Surinam, writer Zora Neale Hurston in Haiti, and photographer Ruth Robertson in South America, captured in their art the beauty and mystery of exotic lands. Many brave women have ventured into extreme environments to bring back knowledge, whether they were aviators like Amelia Earhart, mountaineers like Annie Smith Peck, or Arctic explorers like Irina and Valentina Kuznetsova. And the annals of science would be far poorer without the work of such women as primatologists Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, ethnobotanist Nicole Maxwell, and ichthyologist Eugenie Clark. This is truly a gathering of heroines, full of tales of courage, talent, intelligence, and sheer determination. With a foreword by renowned journalist Christiane Amanpour, Women of Discovery is a remarkable book, an achievement in its own right, and certain to thrill anyone captivated by the world-changing drama of exploration.
Author : Catherine Thimmesh
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 12,85 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780618494897
This book presents brief accounts of the work of a variety of women scientists in such fields as astronomy, biology, anthropology, and medicine.
Author : Alice Koller
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 20,70 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
A woman's version of Thoreau's Walden, this universal, timeless book explores the philosophical and psychological issues of self-identity--equally relevant to men and women today. Companion volume to the simultaneously released follow-up novel The Stations of Solitude.
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Page : pages
File Size : 38,35 MB
Release : 2003
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Author : Nicky Huys
Publisher : Nicky Huys Books
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 10,29 MB
Release : 2024-09-17
Category : History
ISBN :
"History of Exploration and Discovery" delves into the remarkable journeys that have shaped our understanding of the world. From ancient civilizations to modern adventurers, this book chronicles the tales of explorers who ventured into the unknown, driven by curiosity and the desire for discovery. Explore the motivations behind legendary expeditions, the challenges faced at sea and on land, and the cultural exchanges that occurred as a result. With rich narratives and vivid illustrations, this book brings to life stories of iconic figures such as Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, and Amelia Earhart, as well as lesser-known explorers who made significant contributions to our global heritage. Ideal for history enthusiasts and aspiring adventurers alike, this comprehensive account highlights the human spirit's relentless quest for knowledge and the lasting impact of exploration on our world today.
Author : Nury Vittachi
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 12,11 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813221307
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Page : pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
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ISBN : 9780812499735
Author : Carey Millsap-Spears
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 29,54 MB
Release : 2023-10-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 166691052X
While many scholars agree the Gothic mode has been a precursor to science fiction since Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Carey Millsap-Spears argues in this book that the made for streaming series Star Trek Discovery draws on an even older gothic formula, namely the Female Gothic of Ann Radcliffe’s romance novels, including The Romance of the Forest and The Mysteries of Udolpho. Millsap-Spears reads the streaming series through the lens of the Female Gothic, illustrating that each season contains the formulaic elements of a mystery, a gothic villain and heroine, an escape narrative, and the explained supernatural. In doing so, the author expands Star Trek scholarship and sheds new light on the intertextual connections between gothic literature and contemporary science fiction.
Author : Sally Freeman
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,5 MB
Release : 2012
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