Round About the Earth
Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit
In this first full history of around-the-world travel, Joyce E. Chaplin brilliantly tells the story of circumnavigation. Round About the Earth is a witty, erudite, and colorful account of the outrageous ambitions that have inspired men and women to circle the entire planet. For almost five hundred years, human beings have been finding ways to circle the Earth—by sail, steam, or liquid fuel; by cycling, driving, flying, going into orbit, even by using their own bodily power. The story begins with the first centuries of circumnavigation, when few survived the attempt: in 1519, Ferdinand Magellan left Spain with five ships and 270 men, but only…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4391-0006-6
- EAN: 9781439100066
- Produktnummer: 14349515
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 560 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 27'467 KB
- Abbildungen: 1 16-pp b-w insert; 4 two-page map spreads, rough front
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Joyce E. Chaplin
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