Book Description
Reveals what the Vikings, David Livingston, Henry Morgan Stanley, Robert Falcon Scott, and other great explorers shared in common as they opened up important routes and trails throughout history.
Author : Karen Farrington
Publisher :
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 24,77 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816044320
Reveals what the Vikings, David Livingston, Henry Morgan Stanley, Robert Falcon Scott, and other great explorers shared in common as they opened up important routes and trails throughout history.
Author : National Geographic Society
Publisher : National Geographic Society
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,21 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Adventure and adventurers
ISBN : 9780792276166
Celebrates the achievements of National Geographic's most notable pioneers including John Glenn, Jane Goodall, and Jacque Cousteau, highlighting such sections as polar exploration, flight and space, and archaeology.
Author : Karen Farrington
Publisher :
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 39,12 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781904668091
When Sir Edmund Hillary made his famous comment about climbing Mount Everest ‘because it was there’, he summed up the raison d’être behind every explorer’s drive to leave safe boundaries and tackle the unknown. The thrill and honor of being the first to explore any geographical region outweighed the enormous risks for those with a special brand of courage and imagination. Adventurers from Strabo, the Roman explorer in the Mediterranean, to Marco Polo in China, David Livingstone in Central Africa and Robert Falcon Scott in the Antarctic all shared the common traits of bravery, valor and perseverance in their endeavors to make known the unknown. They became the envy of others and won a place in history, their tales of adventure and hardship at once fascinating, fulfilling, and strangely perplexing. Historical Atlas of Expeditions brings this pioneer breed of men, and women, to life in thrilling detail.
Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher :
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 26,29 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816042487
A study of the age of exploration includes short biographies of explorers and their accomplishments, and profiles of cultures such as the Japanese and Inca, and their response to foreign invaders.
Author : Karen Farrington
Publisher : Mercury Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,13 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9781904668145
This book investigates the background of the Bible, not only re-telling the classic stories but looking at the latest archeological evidence to provide a thoroughly up-to-date account.
Author : Warren A. Beck
Publisher :
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 25,26 MB
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806108179
New Mexico's long and dramatic history was in many ways predestined by its location, vast size, and abundant mineral resources. Treasure-hunting Spanish explorers tramped across its plains and scaled its mountains in search of the Seven Cities of Cíbola in the sixteenth century. In clashing with descendants of the prehistoric Indian population, the Spanish began three centuries of struggles that lasted through the nineteenth century when the steamroller of United States expansion arrived. The history of New Mexico is the story of the blending of the three cultures--Hispanic, Indian, and Anglo. In this volume, a historian and a cartographer collaborate to depict specific aspects of the state's geography and events of its history, with the narrative illustrated through maps. Topics include geographical data (from topography to weather), sites of prehistoric civilizations, Spanish and United States expeditions, first towns, historic trails, the Civil War, stagecoach lines, railroads, county boundaries, principal cities and roads, state and national parks and monuments, and state judicial districts.
Author : Greville Stewart Parker Freeman-Grenville
Publisher :
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,95 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN :
Includes 115 two-color maps, accompanied by clear, concise text, providing a stunning and intriguing visual overview of the Middle East spanning the period from 2050 B.C. to the present.
Author : John Amadeus Wolter
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 35,89 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN :
Lavishly illustrated with 196 rare and historical maps it recounts tales of atlas makers from pre-Gutenberg to electronic atlas.
Author : Derek Hayes
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,83 MB
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781926706597
First Crossing recounts an adventure of epic proportions -- in equal parts romantic, historically significant and compelling. It is the story of Canada's most famous explorer, Alexander Mackenzie, who in 1793 became the first person to cross the continent of North America north of Mexico. With a mix of wonderfully readable text, historical and contemporary photographs, and archival maps and illustrations, here is fresh insight into what drove Mackenzie to undertake his dramatic and dangerous quest for the Pacific Ocean, and how his daring secured Canada's legacy.
Author : Charles Freeman
Publisher :
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 19,90 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Civilization, Classical
ISBN : 9780760719732