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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and other Classic Novels
Writing in France in the nineteenth century, Jules Verne captured his era’s fascination with adventure and exploration in a series of novels he referred to as his Voyages extraordinaires. 20,000 Leagu...es Under the Sea and Other Classic Novels is a unique compilation of six of Verne’s best-known novels that extrapolate developing technology and scientific inquisitiveness into rousing adventures as exciting and provocative today as when they were first written. FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON. By means of a hot-air balloon, Dr. Samuel Fergusson and company traverse Africa, a continent whose many marvels have yet to be fully appreciated by western civilization. A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. In a subterranean world accessed through a dormant volcano, explorers find a primeval land where the prehistoric still holds sway. FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON. By means of a giant cannon, members of the Balti-more Gun Club achieve the first manned expedition to the surface of the moon. ROUND THE MOON. Having enjoyed their adventure, members of the first manned lunar expedition must now figure out how to return to Earth. 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. Piloting his submarine, the Nautilus, Captain Nemo makes extraordinary discoveries of undersea flora and fauna, even as he plots to undermine the land-based civilization that he believes has betrayed him. AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS. When Phileas Fogg accepts the challenge to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days, even he cannot anticipate the exotic adventures his race will initiate.
Conqueror of the Seas - The Story of Magellan
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Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days - From Forecastle to Quarter-Deck
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Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance
The Present Is A Contest Between The Bright And Dark Sides Of Discovery. To Avoid Being Torn Apart By Its Stresses, We Need To Recognize The Fact - And Gain Courage And Wisdom From The Past. Age Of Di...scovery Shows How. Now Is The Best Moment In History To Be Alive, But We Have Never Felt More Anxious Or Divided. Human Health, Aggregate Wealth And Education Are Flourishing. Scientific Discovery Is Racing Forward. But The Same Global Flows Of Trade, Capital, People And Ideas That Make Gains Possible For Some People Deliver Big Losses To Others - And Make Us All More Vulnerable To One Another. Business And Science Are Working Giant Revolutions Upon Our Societies, But Our Politics And Institutions Evolve At A Much Slower Pace. That's Why, In A Moment When Everyone Ought To Be Celebrating Giant Global Gains, Many Of Us Are Righteously Angry At Being Left Out And Stressed About Where We're Headed. To Make Sense Of Present Shocks, We Need To Step Back And Recognize: We've Been Here Before. The First Renaissance, The Time Of Columbus, Copernicus, Gutenberg And Others, Likewise Redrew All Maps Of The World, Democratized Communication And Sparked A Flourishing Of Creative Achievement. But Their World Also Grappled With The Same Dark Side Of Rapid Change: Social Division, Political Extremism, Insecurity, Pandemics And Other Unintended Consequences Of Discovery. Now Is The Second Renaissance. We Can Still Flourish - If We Learn From The First. What's Past Is Prologue -- Part I. The Facts Of A Renaissance Age -- The New World -- New Tangles -- Vitruvian Man -- Part Ii. Flourishing Genius -- Copernican Revolutions -- Cathedrals, Believers And Doubt -- Part Iii. Flourishing Risk -- The Pox Is Spreading, Venice Is Sinking -- Bonfires And Belonging -- Part Iv. The Contest For Our Future -- David. Ian Goldin And Chris Kutarna. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Tierra del Fuego
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History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration
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Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration
Felipe Fernández-armesto. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [401]-417) And Index.
Around the World in a Hundred Years
jean Fritz Brings History To Life Once Again In 10 True Tales Of 15th-century European Explorers From Bartholomew Diaz And Christopher Columbus To Juan Ponce De León And Vasco Núñez De Balboa Who C...hanged The Map And Left Behind Stories Of Adventure Too Good To Miss. Fritz Approaches [the Salient Facts] With Playful Irreverence; Accordingly, The Frequently Traveled Material Can Seem Refreshingly New. publishers Weekly, Starred Review [fritz] Turns In A Fast-paced Narrative Enriched And Enlivened By Fascinating Stories And Details Of The Sort That Rarely Appear In Standard Textbooks. kirkus Reviews, Pointer Review No One Is Better Than Jean Fritz At Making History Interesting As Well As Comprehensible. the Horn Book Jean Fritz Lives In Dobbs Ferry, New York. Anthony Bacon Venti Lives In Rockland, Maine.publishers Weeklynoted Biographer And Historian Fritz ( Bully For You, Teddy Roosevelt ) Offers A Wickedly Funny Look At 10 Explorers Who, Between 1421 And 1522, Ventured Into What Contemporaneous Mapmakers Called The Unknown. While Presenting The Salient Facts, Fritz Approaches Them With Playful Irreverence; Accordingly, The Frequently Traveled Material Can Seem Refreshingly New. Discussing Amerigo Vespucci, She Writes, ``some Give Him Credit For Recognizing A Continent When He Saw One. Others Call Him An Out-and-out Faker.'' This Tone Proves Especially Effective When Fritz Addresses Such Problematic Issues As The Treatment Of Native People And The Often Accidental Nature Of Many Of The Discoveries. Reflecting The Humor Of Fritz's Text, Venti's Lighthearted Black-and-white Drawings Use Subtle Strokes, As In A Picture Of Balboa, Heavily In Debt, Stowed Away On A Ship And Peering Out From The Barrel He'd Hidden Inside. Readable, Attractive Maps Begin Each Chapter, Providing Useful Visual References For Each Voyager's Route. Ages 7-11. (mar.)
Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air
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