The Explorer's Eye
First-hand Accounts of Adventure and Exploration
The golden moments of exploration and adventure - glorious, triumphant, perilous and dramatic.In the 18th century, exploration entered a new dimension - explorers were motivated by scientific inquiry rather than greed. To this end they were expected to make a full record of everything they encountered; and for the first time in history, that record was to include pictures as well as words. Combining gripping first-hand accounts with original images, THE EXPLORER'S EYE gives an insight into who these people were and what they saw.They were a mixed bunch but, whatever their training or background, they provided a vivid portrait of the unknown.…
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Weitere Autoren: Fleming, Fergus (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-297-85699-3
- EAN: 9780297856993
- Produktnummer: 22941752
- Verlag: Orion
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 388 KB
Über den Autor
FERGUS FLEMING is one of Britain's leading popular historians and the author of five critically acclaimed histories of exploration. He lives in Gloucestershire and London. ANNABEL MERULLO is a publisher and editor. She is the co-creator of the internationally successful series of CENTURY books and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
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