The Explorers: From the Ancient World to the Present

Vercelli: White Star Publishers, 2004. Cloth, 305, [7] pages, illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour); 36 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "The Explorers traces the paths of the world's greatest adventurers and their innumerable voyages of discovery. Here are the journeys made famous by extraordinary men such as Alexander the Great, Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Hernando Cort s, Lewis and clark, David Livingston, Robert Peary, Edmund Hilary and many others." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Homo Erectus: a migratory animal; The voyages of the ancients; Faith and commerce: Asia revealed; The route to the Indies: the Portuguese navigators; The fatal error: Columbus discovers America; The other side of the coin: the Arabs and the Chinese; Magellan and the first circumnavigation of the globe; Adventurers in the Americas; Searching for a northern passage; The Pacific: a scientific paradise; Alexander von Humboldt: the triumph of science; Go West: crossing North America; The empty continent; Africa: the last great enigma; The Holy City: the last romantic legend; The North Pole; The South Pole; On the top of the world: Hillary and Everest; Modern exploration.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio.