On July 11th, 1897, three men set out in a hydrogen balloon bound for the North Pole. Led by engineer August Soloman Andree, they want to make history, but are frighteningly underprepared. Three days into their journey they make a crash landing and disappear into a white nightma…
Highlighting the true heroism of Antarctic explorers, the dangers they face and the equipment used to prevail.
"The fascinating narrative of the remarkable life of Junipero Serra, the intrepid priest who led Spain and the Catholic Church into California in the 1700s and became a key figure in the making of the American West. In the year 1749, at the age of thirty-six, Junipero Serra left…
"The fascinating narrative of the remarkable life of Junipero Serra, the intrepid priest who led Spain and the Catholic Church into California in the 1700s and became a key figure in the making of the American West. In the year 1749, at the age of thirty-six, Junipero Serra left…
Illumines the Unites States' 19th-century exploration of the Holy Land
An account of the United States's nineteenth-century scientific exploration of the Holy Land under the leadership of Navy officer William Francis Lynch reveals how the expedition served to bridge modern- and ancient-world approaches.
An account of the United States's nineteenth-century scientific exploration of the Holy Land under the leadership of Navy officer William Francis Lynch reveals how the expedition served to bridge modern- and ancient-world approaches.
Illumines the Unites States' 19th-century exploration of the Holy Land.
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.
Illumines the Unites States' 19th-century exploration of the Holy Land.
The 1650s to the 1730s marked the golden age of piracy, when fearsome pirates like Blackbeard ruled the waves, seeking not only treasure but also large and fast ships to carry it. The Whydah was just such a ship, built to ply the Triangular Trade route, which it did until one of…
Presenting the subject on a ... global scale, [the author] tracks the pathfinders who, over the last five millennia, laid down the routes of contact that have drawn together the farthest reaches of the world. From the maritime expeditions connecting Queen Hatshepsut's Egypt to t…
This book is about encounters between cultures and the outreach of ambitions, imaginations, efforts, and innovations that made them possible.
Presenting the subject on a truly global scale, historian Fernández-Armesto tracks the pathfinders who, over the last five millennia, laid down the routes of contact that have drawn together the farthest reaches of the world. From the maritime expeditions connecting Queen Hatshe…
