Journeys : tales of travel and trailblazers

Book 2018

"This amazing journal of journeys takes us around the world and beyond. Water, from Viking voyages to Amazonian adventures... Land ...from Saharan sands to the wild, wild West... Ice and snow ...from Arctic ice to snowy summits... Man and machine ...from fearless fliers to lunar landings... and leaves us wondering: where next?"

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ISBN:

9781944530136

Description:

96 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 x 31 cm

Notes:

Subtitle from cover

Contents:

Masters of the seas
Voyages North
Voyages South
Voyages East
Voyages West
A new world
Around Africa
Around the world
Amazonian adventures
Southern seas
Trouble in paradise
The naturalists
Running rivers
Kon-Tiki
Early travel writers
Across the Alps
The far, Far East
Ibn Battuta
To Timbuktu
The wild, wild West
A sense of the world
In Saharan sands
The Pony Express
Special delivery
Crossing a continent
Painting plants
Livingstone and Stanley
Pilgrimage of peace
The cable guys
The Northwest Passage
The Northeast Passage
Race to the South Pole
Forget me not!
Shackleton's journey
To Tibet
On top of the world
An African in Greenland
Around the world on a penny farthing
Around the world in 72 days
The great race
Trailblazers
Fearless fliers
Up and down and 'round and 'round
Motorcycle diaries
Out of this world
To the Moon and back
Where next?

Control Number:

2506226

Other Authors:

Chalik, Chris, illustrator
Davis, Jon, 1969- illustrator
Hartas, Leo, illustrator
Shephard, David (Illustrator), illustrator

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