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Author | : Laurence Bergreen |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 501 |
Release | : 2009-10-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0061865885 |
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“A first-rate historical page turner.” —New York Times Book Review The acclaimed and bestselling account of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage. Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning biographer and journalist Laurence Bergreen entwines a variety of candid, firsthand accounts, bringing to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed both the way explorers would henceforth navigate the oceans and history itself. Now updated to include a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of Magellan’s voyage.
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Total Pages | : 508 |
Release | : 1837 |
Genre | : Discoveries in geography |
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Download An Historical Account of the Circumnavigation of the Globe, and of the progress of discovery in the Pacific Ocean, from the voyage of Magellan to the death of Cook Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Tania Aebi |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2012-11-06 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1476711607 |
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What begins as the sheer desire for adventure turns into a spiritual quest as a young woman comes to terms with her family, her dreams, and her first love. Tania Aebi was an unambitious eighteen-year-old, a bicycle messenger in New York City by day, a Lower East Side barfly at night. In short, she was going nowhere—until her father offered her a challenge: Tania could choose either a college education or a twenty-six-foot sloop. The only catch was that if she chose the sailboat, she’d have to sail around the world—alone. She chose the boat, and for the next two and a half years and 27,000 miles, it was her home. With only her cat as companion, she discovered the wondrous beauties of the Great Barrier Reef and the death-dealing horrors of the Red Sea. She suffered through a terrifying collision with a tanker in the Mediterranean and a lightning storm off the coast of Gibraltar. And, ultimately, what began with the sheer desire for adventure turned into a spiritual quest as Tania came to terms with her troubled family life, fell in love for the first time, and—most of all—confronted her own needs, desires, dreams, and goals…
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Total Pages | : 1238 |
Release | : 1859 |
Genre | : Explorers |
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Author | : Leslie Godfrey |
Publisher | : Oddgodfrey Early Readers' |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2019-10-29 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781087811611 |
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Harboring a dream to sail across the world's widest ocean, a seasick unicorn gathers his friends and casts off to sea to vomit rainbows and battle self-doubt in a quest to reach the sandy shoreline of beach bonfires and success.
Author | : Sir Ranulph Fiennes |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 598 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9780877954903 |
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Account of the Transglobe Expedition, 1979-1982, led by Ranulph Fiennes. This was the first expedition to circumnavigate the earth via both poles.
Author | : Jr. Perkins |
Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2009-11 |
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ISBN | : 1449011195 |
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"Circumnavigating the Globe" highlights international travel in a reality television show competition. This book covers what happened in Amazing Race (AR) 10 to 14 and Amazing Race Asia (ARA) 1 to 3. Many of the analysis chapters also cover AR1 to 9. Included are an Amazing Race Vocabulary and listing of all countries and major cities visited by all amazing races(ARs plus ARAs). There is an analysis chapter on Animals. The author rates the Saddest Elimination of every AR or ARA and Weakest Teams in each AR or ARA. Analyses shows why his Favorite Teams for each AR and ARA merit that distinction and one is selected as the most favorite of all time. The most interesting chapter in this book could be the Most Amazing Moments of each AR and ARA. Following that, every FAST FORWARD ever taken is listed with type of task, the geography and the competition if known. There is a separate classification of all AR teams into categories Female/Female, Male/Male, Couple and Family Relationships with the major reason for elimination listed if that team did not win. There are transportation chapters on travel by air, self-driving, taxis, boats, trains and buses. This book finishes with multiple indexes on Races, Racers, and the most cited Places. If you are a fan of the Amazing Race, this book will help you become a superfan.
Author | : Joyce E. Chaplin |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 2013-11-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1416596208 |
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Originally published in hardcover in 2012.
Author | : Francis Henry Hill Guillemard |
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Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : Voyages and travels |
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Download “The” Life of Ferdinand Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the Globe, 1480-1521 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : CIRCUMNAVIGATION. |
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Total Pages | : 423 |
Release | : 1852 |
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Download Circumnavigation of the Globe, and Progress of Discovery in the Pacific Ocean, from the Voyage of Magellan to the Death of Captain Cook. [With Plates.]. Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle